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TELEGRAM NUMBER CREDA 11 OF 15 JANUARY
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YOUR CREDA 11 OF 12 JANUARY
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D/INDUSTRY AND D/TRADE (IMPORT LICENSING BRANCH) HAVE BEEN IN
REGULAR CONTACT WITH PETER WISE AND PATRICK LAU AT THE HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT OFFICE SINCE IT FIRST APPEARED LIKELY TOWARDS THE END
OF NOVEMBER THAT LICENCE APPLICATIONS FOR CATEGORY 5 GOODS WOULD EXCEED THE QUOTA LEVEL, EVEN THOUGH THAT HAS BEEN ENHANCED BY USE OF THE FLEXIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE HONG KONG/EEC BILATERAL AGREEMENT. ILB'S RECORD IS NOT HOWEVER STATIC IN THE THAT NOTIFICA- TIONS BY HONG KONG OF THE CANCELLATION OR AMENDMENT OF EXPORT CERTIFICATES CAN MAKE PREVIOUSLY COMMITTED QUOTA AVAILABLE FOR ISSUE ANEW, WHILE A SUDDEN SPATE OF LICENCE APPLICATIONS CAN TAKUE US OVER THE TOP. FOLLOWING A REVIEW OF OUR LICENSING RECORD FOR CATEGORY 5 AT HONG KONG'S REQUEST IN MID-DECEMBER D/INDUSTRY (CROMPTON) WROTE TO WISE ON 21 DECEMBER ADVISING THAT IT SEEMED LIKELY THAT APPLICATIONS FOR IMPORT LICENCES OUTSTANDING WOULD QUANTITATIVELY EXCEED THE BALANCE REMAINING, ADDING THAT QUOTE IN THIS EVENT UK WILL BE SUSPENDING IMPORT LICENSING BEYOND AMOUNTS FALLING WITHIN THE BALANCE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROTOCOL A, ARTICLE 7 OF THE AGREEMENT UNQUOTE. THE TEXT OF CROMPTON'S LETTER WAS ALSO PASSED TO BECK IN THE COMMISSION.