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Mr Hale (Commodities Dept)
TALKS WITH HONG KONG ABOUT COTTON TEXTILES TALKS
Mr Sellers telephoned this morning to say that he had been asked to book accommodation for the Hong Kong representatives who would be coming to London for these talks. He said that the team would be led by Mr Eric Ho who would be supported by Mr L W R Mills, an Assistant Director of Commerce and Industry and other officials not yet nominated. (Messrs Ho and Mills were the leaders of the Hong Kong delegation which negotiated the bilateral agreement between Hong Kong and the USA on non-cottons. Mr Sellers also
said that the strongest possible delegation from the Textiles Advisory Board would be coming to London for the talks. They would not however attend the formal meetings. Mr Sellers gave me the following names
Mr Y K Kan (He is the senior Unofficial Member
of the Legislative Council. He is also a member of the Executive Council.)
Mr S S Gordon (A British businessman and
Unofficial Member of the Executive Council.)
Mr Lam Kun-shing
Mr Francis Tien Yuan-hao
Mr Yang Yuan-loong
Mr Chow Chung kai
Mr Woo Ping
I am told that this is the most high powered and influential group of businessmen with interests in textiles the Colony could send abroad for talks of this kind.
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This makes it all the more important that the DTI should do their homework properly and that we should seek ways in which to soften the impact of our decision to have quotas as well as the tariff.
16' December 1971
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