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PRIORITY OTTAWA ΤΟ
PRIORITY OTTAWA, TELEGRAM NO. 87 TO HONG KONG
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
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1 AUGUST 1969
ADDRESSED TO HONG KONG TELNO. 87 OF 1 AUGUST, REPEATED FOR
INFMN TO FCO.
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No.51
LA
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- 5 AUG 1969
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MACPHERSON SAID THAT IN REPLY TO
MACPHERSON TELEPHONED TO ME THIS MORNING TO SAY THAT THE CAN-
ADIANS WERE BECOMING CONCERNED ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES IN
REACHING AN AGREEMENT WITH YOU ON A DATE FOR CONSULTATIONS ON
HONG KONG'S TEXTILE RESTRAINTS.
YOUR LETTER OF 22 JULY HOWARTH HAD SUGGESTED THAT, AS THE MEET- ING OF THE C.T.C. HAD BEEN POSTPONED, THE CANADIANS SHOULD COME
TO HONG KONG ON 25 AUGUST. YOU HAD REPLIED THAT, IN VIEW OF
YOUR OTHER HEAVY COMMITMENTS, THIS DATE WAS NOT POSSIBLE AND
SUGGESTED INSTEAD THAT CONSULTATIONS SHOULD START IN HONG KONG
ON 18 OR 19 AUGUST. IN REPLY HOWARTH HAD ASKED YOU TO RECON-
SIDER WHETHER YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MANAGE 25 AUGUST BUT
ADDED THAT IF THIS DATE WAS STILL IMPOSSIBLE THE CANADIANS WOULD
TRY TO REARRANGE THEIR COMMITMENTS SO AS TO BE ABLE TO COME TO
HONG KONG ON 19 AUGUST. ACCORDING TO MACPHERSON YOU HAD THEN
INFORMED HOWARTH THROUGH GALLOW THAT NEITHER 25 NOR 19 AUGUST
WAS ANY LONGER POSSIBLE AND THAT INSTEAD YOU HAD SUGGESTED THAT
CONSULTATIONS SHOULD START IN HONG KONG ON 12 AUGUST. MAC- PHERSON THOUGHT THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME ERROR IN COMMUNICATION AND HAD CONSEQUENTLY ASKED GALLOW TO CONFIRM WHETHER IT WAS 12 OR 19 AUGUST WHICH YOU WERE NOW PROPOSING. GALLOW HAD TODAY CON-
FIRMED THAT IT WAS 12 AUGUST.
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