TNAG-0149-FCO40-185-Cotton-textiles-to-France-1969 — Page 172

ра. please,

$/28/4/68

CYPHER/CATA

CONFIDENTIAL

PRIORITY BRUSSELS

BRUSSELS TELNO. 41

TO HONG KONG

CCNFIDENTIAL

FOLLOWING FROM DODGE.

COTTON TEXTILES TO FRANCE:

OP COPY

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH ́OFFICE

23 OCTOBER 1968

MY SAVINGRAM NC. 201 OF 2 OCTOBER REFERS.

RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES 16.53

En1968

HKK6/912/6

I HAVE NOTED FROM OTHER PAPERS THAT YOU ARE PREARING A REPLY

TO MY SAVINGRAM UNDER REFERENCE. IN THE MEANWHILE I HAVE RECEIVED FROM WILCOX IN PARIS A COPY OF A LETTER TO HIM FROM COLLIR, BROADLY CH THE INTERIM ARRANGEMENTS, WHICH I AM COPYING TO YOU IN FULL BY

SAVINGRAM.

2. WITH REFERENCE TO THE 1967/68 CCTTON TEXTILES QUOTAS, COLL IN

HAS WRITTEN ''...SI LA PART GEREE PAR LA FRANCE A ETE PRESQUE TOTALEMENT UTILISEE, IL N'EN EST PAS DE MENE DU COTE DE LA COLONIE

BRITANIQUE QUI PEUT ENCORE DISTRIBUER DES LICENCES POUR DES QUANTITES

IMPORTANTES DE TEXTILES DE COTON. LES AUTORITES DE HONG KONG NE

SENSLENT DONC PAS AVOIR DE MOTIFS DE CRAINDRE, DANS L'HYPOTHESE

CU LA PROCHAINE CONSULTATION COMMERCIALE N'AURAIT LIEU QU'AU DEBUT DE 1969, U'IE INTERRUPTION DES EXPORTATIONS DE TEXTILES VERS LA

FRANCE.

3. COLLIN'S REMARKS SEEM TO ME TO IMPLY THAT WE CAN EXERCISE

CARRY-OVER RIGHTS FOR THE FULL SHORT-FALL UNDER OUR HALF OF THE

QUOTAS UNSHIPPED AS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER LAST, WHICH IS MORE GENEROUS THAN THE 50 CARRY-OVER REFERRED TO IN PARA 11(D) OF

CHAPELLE'S LETTER OF 19 OCTOBER 1967. I THINK I SHOULD SOON.GO TO PARIS TO SEE COLLIN TO TRY TO GET THIS ABSOLUTELY ESTABLISHED BUT I HESITATE TO DO SO PENDING (A) YOUR REPLY TO MY SAVINGRAM 201, AND (3) YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE ABOVE QUOTATION FROM HIS LETTER.

WILCOX HAS ALSO STATED THAT HE HAS BEEN GIVEN THE ASSURANCE BY COLLIN'S OFFICE THAT CHAPELLE'S LETTER PROVIDING FOR INCREASES OVER THE THREE-YEAR PERIOD IS REGARDED AS BEING IN FORCE AND WILL BE GIVEN EFFECT. IF YOUR REPLY TO MY SAVINGRAM NO 271 IS EN ROUTE PLEASE ADVISE ME IF NECESSARY HY TELEGRAM OF ANY CHANGES IN YOUR

INSTRUCTIONS FOLLOWING YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE ABOVE.

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