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CONFIDENTIAL

SAVINGRAM

From the Governor, Hong Kong Foreign & Commonwealth Affairs To the Secretary of State for The Golenies

UKMIS Geneva (for Jones) Ambassador Brussels (for

ANY COMMONWEALTH ALTH

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4 MAR 1969

HK Government London Office (for Sellers 24 February 1969

Repealed to Repeated to:-

CR.6/5361/55

My Reference..

ate

Reference..

No. 202 No. M22

No. .M..23.

M24

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French Import Restrictions

Please refer to paragraph 11 of Counsellor (Hong Kong Affairs) Geneva's memorandum No. 10 (ref. GVA/4/37) of 22 January 1969 which was repeated to you.

2 =

cover:

We are attempting to draw up a factual brief to

(a) French restrictions on imports from

Hong Kong;

(b) other restrictions applied to

individual countries or groups of countries;

(c) global quotas;

neves

published by

already known.

56/5/ payments

French except

but the information available to us here is incomplete. Listed in the Enclosure are products which are specifically restricted as far as Hong Kong is concerned. We also have some information regarding the Franco-Indian Trade Agreement negotiated in November 1968 and the Franco-Japanese Trade Protocol signed on 30 March 1968, although we understand the latter has recently been modified and the changes have yet to be confirmed.

3.

I should be grateful if you would supply me with all available information on (b) and (c) above, including quota levels set for the items concerned.

4.

As an official French delegation is shortly due to visit Hong Kong for informal talks, it would be appreciated if information readily to hand could be made available as soon as possible, and if such information is not immediately available could be furnished as it comes to hand.

Encl:

RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No.31

- 4 MAR 1969

HKK6/AN/

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