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17 SEPT 1969
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ADDSD TO HONG KONG TELNO. 94 OF 17 SEPT 1969 REPTD FOR INFMN TO WASHINGTON (FOR COMMERCIAL COUNSELLOR).
FOR JORDAN FROM GRAY.
DURING THE COURSE OF A TALK WITH RODNEY GREY HE SAID THAT STAN NEMMER WAS USING HONG KONG'S ALLEGED RELUCTANCE TO DO A DEAL ON SWEATERS AS EVIDENCE OF THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF SOLVING TEXTILE PROBLEMS BY BILATERAL ARRANGEMENTS IN PARTICULAR CASES. SWEATERS, GREY CONTINUED, ARE ABOUT THE ONLY ITEM ON WHICH, IN HIS VIEW, THE AMERICANS MIGHT HAVE SOMETHING OF A REAL CASE. BUT HE WONDERED WHETHER THE AMERICANS HAD EVER REALLY APPROACHED HONG KONG ON THE MATTER AND PREFERRED TO RELY ON THE ALLEGED IMPOSSIBILITY OF BILATERAL SOLUTIONS. IN SUPPORT OF HIS VIEW GREY SAID AND HOWARTH, WHO WAS WITH HIM, AGREED, THAT THEY HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT HONG KONG'S ULTIMATE POLICY WAS TO AVOID BEING REGARDED AS AN
UNREASONABLE TRADING PARTNER.
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GREY THOUGHT THAT WHAT NEHMER HAD SAID TO HIM OUGHT TO BE REPORTED IN CONFIDENCE TO YOU. GREY'S INTEREST, OF COURSE, IS THAT THE AMERICANS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH BOGUS ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF COMPREHENSIVE REGULATION AND AGAINST BILATERAL ARRANGE- MENTS.
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