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HONG KONG TELNO 2317: VISIT OF MP RENTON: MP BRITTAN'S VISIT
TO WASHINGTON
1. MR BRITTAN SPOKE ON HONG KONG'S BEHALF ABOUT THE TEXTILE BILL
WITH WHITEHEAD (DEPUTY SECRETARY, STATE DEPARTMENT) THIS
MORNING, EMPHASISING OUR JOINT INTEREST IN THE CONTINUED FUTURE PROSPERITY AND POLITICAL STABILITY OF HONG KONG, ITS OPEN MARKET AND THE UNACCEPTABLE DAMAGE THAT ANY TEXTILE BILL PASSED THROUGH CONGRESS WOULD DO. WHITEHEAD WAS WHOLLY SYMPATHETIC AND SAID THAT SHULTZ PERSONALLY HAD THE INTERESTS OF HONG KONG, WHICH HE VERY MUCH ADMIRED, AT HEART. MR BRITTAN ALSO RAISED THE ISSUE WITH REPRESENTATIVE GIBBONS (DEMOCRAT, CHAIRMAN OF THE SUB- COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE). GIBBONS LIKEWISE ENTIRELY
AGREED BECAUSE OF THE OPENNESS OF HONG KONG'S
MARKET.
2. ALTHOUGH MR BRITTAN DID NOT RAISE THE ISSUE SPECIFICALLY WITH YEUTTER (USTR) OR BALDRIGE (SECRETARY FOR COMMERCE) IN THE DISCUSSION, BOTH MADE UNEQUIVOCALLY CLEAR THE ADMINSITRATION'S TOTAL OPPOSITION TO PROTECTIONIST LEGISLATION, WITH TEXTILES AS À
PRIME EXAMPLE.
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