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CONFIDENTIAL

US File

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CYPHER/CAT.A

HONG KONG

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

HONG KONG TELNO.28 TO WASHINGTON

CONFIDENTIAL

[NEUTRAL]

28 JULY, 1969

ADDRESSED TO WASHINGTON TELNO.28 OF 28 JULY. REPEATED FOR IN-

FORMATION TO FCO.

FOR HERMANN.

COTTON TEXTILES- ANNUAL REVIEW OF U.S./HONG KONG BILATERAL.

PARA 3 OF TELEGRAM 27. THE HONG KONG TEAM INTENDS, IF IT GOES

TO WASHINGTON, TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING ONLY:-

TRIGGER POINTS.

TO REITERATE HONG KONG'S PROTEST AGAINST THE IMPOSITION OF

TO REIT

LIMITS ON WORK SHIRTS, POINT CUT THAT THERE WAS LITTLE OR NO

ATTEMPT BY THE U.S. TO JUSTIFY THEIR IMPOSITION, AND EXPRESS THE

VIEW THAT, ALTHOUGH THE U.S. HAVE THE UNILATERAL RIGHT TO IMPOSE

A LIMIT, THEY WOULD BE MORE WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF THE BILATERAL

IF THEY EXERCISED IT SPARINGLY AND ONLY WHEN THE NEED FOR A LIMIT

HAS BEEN SHOWN BEYOND QUESTION.

3. AN ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE TO DETERMINE U.S. THINKING ON THE

STATUS IN THE NEXT TEXTILE YEAR, OF THOSE CATEGORIES WHERE

LIMITS HAVE BEEN IMPOSED OR AGREED THIS YEAR. (I THINK THAT

THESE CATEGORIES SHOULD REVERT TO THE BASKED BUT WITH NEW TRIGGER

POINTS EQUAL TO THE AGREED OR IMPOSED LIMIT PLUS 5% GROWTH),

CLASS IF ICATION PROBLEMS. LAST

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CONFIDENΤΙΑΙ,

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51

30 JUL 1969

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