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CYPHER/CAT A
INMEDIATE HONGKONG
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONEWALTH PRICE
EDIATE HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 112 TO WASHINGTON
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28 OCTOBER 1968
[ NEUTRAL]
ADDRESSED WASHINGTON TELEGRAM NO. 112 OF 28TH OCTOBER.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 73: TEXTILE CONSULTATIONS.
WE WILL CONSULT C.A.D. ON THURSDAY,
RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No. 43 30 OCT 1968
HKK 6/304/1
2. OUR INTERIM REACTION IS AS FOLLOWS, IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS,
PLEASE TELEGRAPH BEFORE C.A.D. MESTING.
3. WE AGREE YOUR PARAGRAPH 5 BUT U.S. PROPOSAL IS DIFFICULT TO
PRESENT HERE BECAUSE:
(KA) EMBARRASSING INCREASE IN 1967/68 IS DUE LARGELY TO INCREASED
SHIPMENTS FROM TAIWAN IN CALENDAR 1967 (REPEAT 1967). SEMI COLON
(B) TAIWAN EXCEEDED TRIGGER POINTS IN 1957 AND IN 1958 SUIT ONLY
THIS YEAR'S OVERSHIPMENTS ARE TO BE DEDUCTED.
4. WHEN WE AGREED TO THE SUGGESTION IN PARAGRAPH 4CB) OF YOUR
TELEGRAM NO. 53 WE WERE WORKING ON THE BASIS OF THE FIRST
SENTENCE OF THAT TELEGRAM AID WE WERE UNAWARE OF THE 'OTHER SUPPLIENS
FIGURES IN GENERAL AND CAD AND (B) ABOVE IN PARTICULAR CUT
PROPOSAL IN PARAGRAPH 1 OF YOUR TELEGRAM UNER REFERENCE IS
CLEARLY NOT BASED ON THE MERIT OF OUR CASE. FURTHER GRE YOUR
SUGGESTION WAS THAT DEDUCTION SHOULD SA HATE ONLY IF CONSULTATIONS
RESULTED IN A SPECIFIC RESTRAINT, WHICH TUSY HAVE NOT,
5. AMERICAN ACTION IS FRUSTRATING ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF
TRADE CAS IN PREAMOLE TO C,T,A,) AND 13 RESPONSIELE FOR DISRUPTION
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