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CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TO GOV, HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NO. 783
11 DECEMBER 1969
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ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR, HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 783 OF 11 DECEMBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO WASHINGTON, UKMIS GENEVA, UKDEL BRUSSELS,
TOKYO.
MEETING WHICH WE
WE HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING OUR LINE FOR CT C
WOULD HOPE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WITH JORDAN AT GENEVA,
IN THE MEANTIME OUR THOUGHTS ARE AS FOLLOWS.
2. IN REGARD TO NON-COTTON TEXTILES WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE
WILL BE ANY NEED AT THIS MEETING, AS FAR AS WHAT WE SAY IN OPEN COMMITTEE IS CONCERNED, TO GO BEYOND THE LINE WE TOOK AT THE LAST MEETING: THAT IS THAT IF THERE ARE PROBLEMS IN NON-COTTONS WE
ARE PREPARED TO AGREE THAT THEY SHOULD BE LOOKED AT IN THE FRAME-
WORK OF THE GATT.
3. WE KNOW THAT YOU WOULD PREFER ANY SUCH STUDY TO BE CARRIED OUT
IN THE CT C. HOWEVER, WHEN IN ADDITION TO OURSELVES, THE E E C, THE JAPANESE, AND PRESUMABLY THE AMERICANS, WOULD ALL PREFER SUCH A STUDY TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE GATT WE WOULD NOT EXPECT YOUR
PREFERENCE TO ATTRACT MUCH SUPPORT. PRESUMABLY THEREFORE YOU WILL
NOT WISH TO PROMOTE THIS LINE 19 PRORABLE ISOLATION.
4. WE SHALL NATURALLY KEEP CLOSELY IN TOUCH BOTH WITH THE EE C
AND THE JAPANESE BY MEANS OF INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS. YOU WILL BY NOW
HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE RECORD OF THE TALKS HERE WITH
WELLENSTEIN AND ERNST OF THE E E C AT WHICH JORDAN WAS PRESENT, 5. IN SPEAKING TO THE JAPANESE WE SHALL TRY TO ELUCIDATE WHAT THEY MEAN BY THE MULTILATERAL APPROACH WHICH THEY HAVE MENTIONED. OUR OWN PREFERENCE WOULD BE FOR A PROPERLY CONSTITUTED GATT BODY.
16. AS REGARDS
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