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MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE
WHITEHALL LONDON SWIA 2HB
Telephone 0130XXxxx 218 7112
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12 December 1975
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Thank you for your letter of 8 December which has been circulated for information to the Prime Minister and the
other Ministers concerned.
It is certainly unfortunate that, with our negotiations concluded on a basis satisfactory to both sides, we should be unable to announce the Agreement because of your concern about the fortuitous coincidence of the possibility of import restrictions. I recognise, of course, that if the
announcement of the Defence Costs Agreement were to be
followed closely by the imposition of some form of import restriction, it would aggravate your presentational difficulties in Hong Kong. But my understanding is that, even if there
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were to be some restriction, it would apply only to shirts and might well be arranged by mutual agreement within existing quotas.
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In the light of the new problem of possible import restrictions I agreed reluctantly on Monday that we should not go ahead with the announcement of the Defence Costs Agrcement" "on or about 8 December" as we had agreed. On the other hand
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