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CYPHER/CAT.A.

PRIORITY WASHINGTON

CONFIDENTIAL

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

PRIORITY WASHINGTON TELNO. 38 TO HONG KONG

CONFIDENTIAL [NEUTRAL]

25 JULY 1969

ADDRESSED TO HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 33 OF 25 JULY 1969 REPEATED

FOR INFORMATION TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND UKMIS

GENEVA.

(F.C.O. AND GENEVA PLEASE COPY TO HONG KONG OFFICES.)

FROM HERMANN.

YOUR TELEGRAM 27: U.S. TEXTILE POLICY.

WE ARE COMMENTING ON FIRST FOUR PARAGRAPHS BY TELEGRAM TO F.C.0. WITH WIDER DISTRIBUTION.

2. YOUR PARAGRAPH 5. ON HIS RETURN IN MAY MR. STANS MADE NO SECRET ABOUT HAVING BEEN FIRMLY REBUFFED IN BOTH HONG KONG AND TAIWAN. IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT HE LATER REPORTED OTHERWISE TO THE PRES- IDENT SENI COLON ANYWAY WE HAVE HAD NO INDICATION TO THAT EFFECT. F.C.0. PASS HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA,

MR. FREEMAN.

[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]

[COPY PASSED TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE BY A.D.R.]

INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION

COMMODITIES DEPT

HONG KONG DEPT

AMERICAN DEPT

LAST

REF.

NEXI

RCF.

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