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Dd. 391599 1,500M 2/69 Aw.
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Registry
No.
DRAFT
Letter
Type 1 +
20
4
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top Secret.
Secret.
Confidential.
Restricted.
Unclassified.
PRIVACY MARKING
In Confidence
To:-
S. Bourne, Esq.,
From
G. F. Kinnear
Chemicals and Textiles Division,
Ministry of Technology,
1 Victoria Street,
S.W.1.
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
E. 0. Laird
Thank you for sending me a copy of your
letter to Sloman of 18 September about the arrange-
ments for imports of cotton textiles from Hong Kong
during 1971.
2. We are very glad to see that you have included
in your proposals the suggestion that the
95% use - 5% growth fromula set out in Paragraph E5
of the Heads of Agreement should apply to all
categories. However, from a presentational point
of view and having regard to the background
concerning the growth rate for Hong Kong's wide
sheeting and sheets, we would prefer to approach
the Hong Kong authorities in the form of the
enclosed revised draft, and we hope you will feel
able to agree to the line we have suggested.
3. I am sending copies of this letter, with
enclosure, to Sloman in our Commodities Department,
and to Miss Elliott in the Board of Trade.