TNAG-0044-FCO40-80-Exports-to-the-Benelux-countries-aide-memoires-1967 — Page 193

DRAFT AIDE MEMOIRE

Her Majesty's Secretary of State for

Commonwealth Affairs presente his compliments te

Lussabourg Ambassader end th reference to the

Aide Memoire dated the 17th of May, 1967, on the

subject of the import into Benelux countries of

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certain classes of textiles from Hong Kong, he

Krag authnition Office understands that the Hong Kong andunities; the honour to state that the Hong Kong authorities:-

(1) accept the request for consultations

under Article 3 of the long term arrangement

regarding international trade in cotton

textiles of the 1st October 1962;

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(2) will enter into consultations as soon as the

Aide Memoire has been received and studied

in Hong Kong;

(3) will, as usual, negotiate directly with the

Benelux Governments and would welcome a

Benex negotiating team in Hong Kong in the

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immediate fyture;

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(4) question the need for the imposition of

import restrictions prior to the consultations

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and would point out that the situation

envisaged, under paragraph 2 of Article 3,

should not arise provided that the Benelux

Governments keep their requests for consultations

confidential, as the shipping time to

Rotterdam is approximately 30 days by

which time the consultations should have begun;

(5) in the circumstances hope that the Benelux

Governments will agree to lift the restrictions

at least until the consultations have taken

place.

10 May, 1967.