CONFIDENTIAL
22 MAY 1969
as
US File. (163)
CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY SEOUL ΤΟ
HONG KONG
TELNO 19
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INWIITDAT 1
ADDSD TO HONG KONG TELNO 19 OF 22 MAY REI TO TOKYO TAIPEI
WASHINGTON UKDEL BRUSSELS UKDEL GENEVA PARIS BONN ROME BRUSSELS
AND THE HAGUE.
PARA 7 OF MILLS'S LETTER OF 6 MAY!
VISIT OF US SECRETARY STANS TO ASIA.
VICE MINISTER LEE CONFIRMED THAT SOUTH KOREA WOULD NOT AGREE
TO ANY MEETING WITH THE UNITED STATES TO NEGOTIATE ANY LIMI-
TATION OF NON-COTTON TEXTILE EXPORTS FROM KOREA TO THE
UNITED STATES. HE ALSO CONFIRMED THAT MINISTER HAD TOLD
STANS THAT THEY WERE DETERMINED TO OPPOSE GATT MEETING TO
DISCUSS CT A TYPE ARRANGEMENT. SOUTH KOREA WAS ONLY PREPARED
TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION AND DATA WITH THE UNITED STATES.
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2. VICE MINSTER LEE SAID THAT TAIWAN HAD TAKEN A SIMILAR
STAND. HE SAID THAT TAIWAN HAD A SPECIAL PROBLEM IN THAT
THEIR TEXTILE QUOTA OF EXPORTS TO THE UNITED STATES HAD BEEN
FIXED AT A VERY LOW LEVEL SOME YEARS AGO. TAIWAN REGARDED
THIS QUOTA AS UNREALISTIC AND HAD ASKED FOR THE QUOTA ON
COTTON TEXTILES AS WELL AS THOSE ON MAN-MADE FIBRES TO BE
REVOKED, ALLOWING FREE ACCESS FOR TAIWAN TO THE UNITED STATES
MARKET. THEY APPARENTLY MADE POINT THAT TOTAL EXPORTS OF
TAIWAN TEXTILES TO THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT EQUAL TAIWAN'S
IMPORTS OF RAW COTTON FROM THE UNITED STATES.
F.C.O. PASS
MR. TRENCH.
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED ]
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
COMMODITIES DEPT.
H.K. DEPT.
TRADE POLICY DEPT.
F.E.D.
W.E.D.
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