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IMMEDIATE UK MISSION GENEVA TORCENON, AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICED
TELNO. 539
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[NEUTRAL]
REGISTRY NJ.CO!
10 OCT 1969
9 OCTOBER 1969..
ADDSD TO FCO TELNO. 539 OF 9 OCTOBER REPTD FOR INFMN PRIORITY TO WASHINGTON AND HONG KONG AND SAVING TO TOKYO AND OTTAWA.
HONG KONG TELNO. 800
U S TEXTILE IMPORTS.
HKK 6
6|304|1.
LAST
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NEX?
(275) (281) (283)
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I WONDER WHETHER WE ARE NOT IN DANGER OF MAKING TOO HEAVY WEATHER ABOUT THE BILATERAL TALKS HERE WITH THE AMERICANS.
2. FIRST, AS REGARDS FORM, IT SEEMS QUITE NATURAL TO ME, AND I THINK TO THEM, THAT THE LEADER OF THE U K DELEGATION
TO THE MEETING OF THE COTTON TEXTILE COMMITTEE SHOULD TAKE PART.
THERE IS NO DIFFICULTY ABOUT LEVEL SINCE THE AMERICAN TEAM WILL INCLUDE CHOTINER, DEPUTY SPECIAL TRADE REPRESENTATIVE, NEHMER, AN UNDER-SECRETARY IN COMMERCE, AND THE MINISTER AT
THE US MISSION HERE.
3. SECOND, AS REGARDS CONTENT, WE ARE ALL AGREED THAT WE HAVE
ONLY TO LISTEN. THE AMERICANS HERE HAVE BEEN GIVEN A COPY OF
HONG KONG'S NOTE OF 8 OCTOBER AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE WOULD
HOPE TO HEAR THEIR REACTIONS. THESE WILL CERTAINLY NOT BE TO
SUGGEST PARTICULAR PRODUCTS FOR NEGOTIATION OR EV TO INDICATE
A WILLINGNESS TO CONSIDER THE SELECTIVE APPROACH. CHOTINER TOLD ME TODAY THAT, WHILE THE AMERICANS HAVE REJECTED, FOR THE MOMENT AT LEAST, THE MULTILATERAL APPROACH IN FAVOUR OF BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS, THEY ARE STILL ABSOLUTELY FIRM THAT THESE MUST
RESULT IN COMPREHENSIVE RESTRAINT AGREEMENTS. THEY CLAIM
HIMSELF HAS RULED AGAINST ANY SELECTIVE
THAT THE PREBERED IN
APPROACH.
R GITRYN 51
10 OCT 1969
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