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MR BOTTOMLEY
MR GOUDEN LOGAN
CONFIDENTN
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In Clewley
En. 1715
CALL BY AMBASSADOR KENNEDY ON THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY :
MONDAY 17 MAY, 16.30 PM
BACKGROUND
His
1. Mr Kennedy had earlier proposed to make London the last
stop on his proposed tour of Western Europe, the main purpose
of which appears to be discussions on footwear imports into the
US and possibly also American policy on textile imports.
last minute change of plan to visit London first has made the
visit less useful to us on the footwear front and, given that
negotiations on textiles are not to start with Hong Kong until
7 June, unlikely to add to the information on this subject
following Ambassador Kennedy's visit to Hong Kong earlier this
month (a report on these talks is in Hong Kong telegram number
304
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briefing for which is in FCO telegrams to Hong Kong numbers
289 and 311).
RECOMMENDATION
2.
I attach the present version of the draft brief prepared
for Mr Davies's talk with Mr Kennedy on 18 May; in view of the
detailed talking points in Mr Davies's brief, I recommend that
the Parliamentary Under Secretary use his meeting with Mr Mennety
to get the latter's impressions on his tour of Asia and the
likely next steps. Hong Kong and Trade Policy Department: agree
with this recommendation.
14 May 1971
C.C.
Mr Godden
Mr Laird Hong Kong Dpt
Mr Overton North America Dept
Tendic Policy DeSTA
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