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STITT IS NOT KNOWN PERSONALLY TO ANY OF US HERE OR IN TORONTO BUT FROM A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION SEEMS KNOWLEDGEABLE ON THIS SUB- JECT AND CLAIMS TO HAVE GOOD CONTACTS WITH THE D.N.R. REPRESENTATIVES IN TOKYO, THROUGH WHOM THESE INVESTIGATIONS ARE CONDUCTED. HE IS ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THE HONG KONG CLOTHING CASE AND HAS SEEN COPIES
OF THE D.N.R. LETTERS OF 20 FEBRAURY.
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WE ASKED STITT, WITHOUT COMMITMENT, IF HE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ACTING FOR HONG KONG FIRMS IN THIS CASE. HE WOULD BE VERY INTER- ESTED. HE IS LEAVING ON THURSDAY MARCH 27 FOR A TWO WEEK BUSINESS TRIP TO LONDON AND HADRID AND WOULD BE WILLING TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH THE HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVES IN LONDON WHEN AND IF DESIRABLE.
6. WE THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH RETAINING STITT'S SERVICES. HE IS, SO FAR AS WE CAN ESTABLISH, SOMETHING OF AN EXPERT IN THIS FIELD AND HIS ASSISTANCE COULD BE INVALUABLE TO THE FIRMS IN FORMULATING THEIR CASE. HE HAS EXPLAINED THE NEED FOR QUICK ACTION ON THIS BEFORE THE CANADIAN POSITION BECOMES TOO FIRMLY ESTABLISHED. THERE SEEMS MERIT ACCORDINGLY IN HIS WORKING WITH YOU AND THE FIRMS ON THE COMPILATION OF THE CASE MENTIONED IN PARAGRAPH 1 OF THE TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE, I HOPE, THEREFORE, YOU WILL LET US KNOW BEFORE STITT LEAVES FOR LOND- ON ON THURSDAY IF YOU WISH US TO RETAIN HIM FOR YOU OR IF YOUHOULD
LIKE HIM TO CALL ON YOUR PEOPLE IN LONDON,
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QUITE APART FROM THIS, I THINK IT MIGHT BE WORTHWHILE, WITH AN EYE ALSO ON THE FUTURE, TO TALK TO HOWARTH (DEPARTMENT OF FINAL EXPLAINING WHAT HAS HAPPENED, AND EXPRESSING MY CONCERN THAT ARE- ITRARY VALUES DISRUPTIVE OF ESTABLISHED TRADE SHOULD BE IMPOSED WHEN
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