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29 JULY 1969
ADDRESSED TO HONGKONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 39 OF 29/7 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO FCO.
(FCO PASS TO HONGKONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE).
FROM HERMANN. MY MEMO NO 43 PARA 10: JACQUARD TOWELS.
STATE DEPARTMENT HAVE NOW GIVEN ME SOME NOT VERY ADEQUATE
FIGURES (PREPARED IN APRIL BUT OVERLOOKED) IN RESPONSE TO MY REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ABOUT PROPORTION OF JACQUARD IN IMPORTS FROM JAPAN UNDER TSUSA 366.2160.
2. SAMPLING OF SHIPMENTS FROM JAPAN FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 1968 SHOWS 75,792 JACQUARD OF 384,086 TOTAL, OR APPROXIMATELY 20 PERCENT. SAMPLING OF HONGKONG SHIPMENTS FOR FOUR MONTHS JANUARY TO APRIL 1968 SHOWS 617,693 JACQUARD OUT OF 900,375 TOTAL, OR 69 PERCENT. WHILE PERIODS ARE DIFFERENT OUR OWN FIGURES FOR LATE 1968 SEEM TO SHOW THAT JACQUARD SHIPMENTS FROM HONG KONG WERE NOT DECREASING. 3. 1 SEE FROM TQ 2018 FOR MARCH AND APRIL THAT HONGKONG IS ONCE MORE WELL AHEAD OF JAPAN AS SUPPLIER OF TOWELS UNDER 366.2169. 4. WHILE I ASSUME THAT THE REQUEST TO HONGKONG FOR RESTRAINT ON JACQUARDS STILL STANDS (AND THAT IT WILL BE REPEATED AT ANNUAL REVIEW) IT HAS NOT BEEN PRESSED SINCE THE CONSULTATIONS IN MARCH., FCO PASS PRIORITY HONGKONG AND HONGKONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE. MR FREEMAN.
ANO
/REPEATED AS REQUESTED TO HONG KONG./ NO ACTION TAKEN RE
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE BY RM 8
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
HONG KONG DEPT.
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HONG KONG: INT. TRADE
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51 30 JUL 1969
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