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FM CREDA LONDON 19 1430Z AUG 80
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TEL NO CREDA 166 OF 19 AUGUST 80
FROM HOBBS CRE
TEXTILE MISSION DISPLAY
THE FOLLOWING IS THE COPY REFERRED TO IN PARA 2 OF SCHOFIELD'S NOTE RELAYED TO YOU IN MY CREDA 163:
2) DESPITE SCHOFIELDS STATEMENT THAT COPY WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BOARD OF TRADE WE ALL NOW AGREE IT WAS THAT OF THE BRITISH TEXTILE CONFEDERATION. THEY HAVE PRODUCED COPY AFTER CONSULTATION WITH CRE 4/23. ALTHOUGH TEN MESSAGES ARE PROVIDED, THERE ARE ONLY EIGHT DISPLAY BOARDS FOR THEM ACCORDING TO SCHOFIELDS THIRD AND FINAL PLAN. FOUR THEREFORE WILL HAVE TO BE SQUEEZED ON TO TWO BOARDS.
3) IF YOU CONSIDER IT DESIRABLE WE SUGGEST STERLING VALUE FIGURES IN MESSAGES 2, 5 AND & ARE CONVERTED INTO HONG KONG DOLLARS. WE HAVE AGONISED OVER THE WORDING OF A NUMBER OF THESE MESSAGES GIVEN THAT ENGLISH WILL BE A SECOND LANGUAGE FOR SOME READERS. MESSAGE 7 IS A PARTICULAR CASE IN POINT. IF YOU CONSIDER IT TOO OBSCURE BRITISH TEXTILE CONFEDERATION WISH TO KNOW URGENTLY.
4) THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEX OF MESSAGES
1) INTRODUCTION
TEXTILE MISSION 80 LED BY CECIL PARKINSON, BRITAIN'S MINISTER FOR TRADE WELCOMES YOU TO THIS DISPLAY OF THE CHIEVEMENTS AND PRODUCTS OF THE BRITISH TEXTILE INDUSTRY
2) ROLE IN THE ECONOMY
TEXTILES AND CLOTHING A RE A DOMINANT FORCE IN THE UK ECONOMY, WITH SALES OF OVER POUNDS 9,000 MILLION. DESPITE STRUCTURAL
CHANGES, THEY STILL EMPLOY 720,000 PEOPLE - 10 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL UK MANUFACTURING WORKFORCE.
3) INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
THE UNITED KINGDOM TEXTILE INDUSTRY HAS AN EXCELLENT RECORD OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS. THERE HAS BEEN NO MAJOR STRIKE FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY. EMPLOYERS AND UNIONS HAVE WORKED TOGETHER CONSTRUCTIVELY IN A MASSIVE RESHAPING OF THE INDUSTRY SINCE THE
1960's.
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