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TO PRIORITY F C G TELMO. 578 OF FEBRUARY INFO BONN COPENHAGEN
DUBLIN THE NACUS LUXEMBOURG TARIS ROME UKMIS GENEVA HONG KONG
INFO SAVING BRUSSELS (FOR DODSE).
YOUR TELMO. 132: EFC AND IMPORTS OF NON-COTTON TEXTILES.
THE MEETING OF THE TEXTILES WORKING GROUP ON 2 FESRUARY
OPENED WITH A DISCUSSION OF GERMANY'S PRODLEMS WITH HONG KONG. ALL THOSE PRESENT HAD HEARD OF HONG KONG'S VOLUNTARY DECISION TO SUSPEND SHIPMENTS ON FIVE CATEGORIES OF WOVEN POLYESTER/COTTOM PRODUCTS TO GERMANY. IT WAS RECOONISED THAT THIS HAD TAKES THE
HEAT CUT OF THE SITUATION.
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FRIEDRICH'S (GERMANY) SAID THAT WHILE HE WELOCVED THE PEASURES TAKEN BY HONG KONG THEY DID NOT TAKE ACCOUNT OF ALL
GERMANY'S PROBLEMS. IN PARTICULAR THEY COMPARED UNFAVOURABLY
WITH THE TERMS WHICH THE UK HAD SECURED AS RECARDS PRODUCT COVERAGE, THE LEVELS OF CEILINGS FROPOSED AND THE LENGTH OF THE PERIOD OF APPLICATION. HE WONDERED WHETHER THE UK WOULD BE PREPARED TO ACCEPT THE SAME MEASURES AS HAD BEEN GIVEN TO GERMANY IN THE INTERESTS OF FACILITATING A BARFONISATION OF COMMUNITY RESTRICTIONS. HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE UP A FINAL POSITION
UNTIL THE HONG KONG PEASURES HAT BEEN STUDIED FURTHER, POWEVER
HE CONSIDERED IT IMPROPER FOR GEPPANY TO PUDERTAKE BILATERAL
REGOTIATIONS WITH HONG KONG AND IT WAS AGREED THAT ANY NEGOTIATIONS
SHOULD BE CONDUCTED BY THE COURINSICK, AS THE PEETING PROCEEDED
HIS ATTITURE TO THE HONG KONG NEISURES APPEARED TO HARDEN AND HE
COMMENTED AT A LATE STAGE THAT THEY AMOUNTED TO AND INTELLECTUAL
"TOUR DE FORCE AND WOULD IN FACT INVOLVE GERMANY IMPORTING FORE
IN 1972 THAN 1) 1972.
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