TNAG-0152-FCO40-188-Exports-of-cotton-textiles-to-Canada-1969 — Page 68

CONFIDENTIAL

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(C) WE HAVE PULLED THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER, IN OUR PAPER

59TEXTAB INF/5/69, OF WHICH I UNDERSTAND YOU NOW HAVE A COPY,

TEXTAB INF/5/69,

BUT HAD ASSUMED THAT YOU HAD IT ALREADY, AS OUR SOURCES FOR

VARIOUS AGREEMENTS ARE:

(1) TAIWAN GAT COT/111 OF 7 DECEMBER 1968.

(11) SINGAPORE COT/110 OF 4 DECEMBER 1968.

(111) MALAYSIA -COT/127 OF 18 DECEMBER 1968.

(IV) JAPAN )

(V) KOREA

-SENT TO US BY H.C. OTTAWA, ON 30 DECEMBER 1968.

(D) THIS, OF COURSE, IS THE ESSENCE OF THE NEGOTIATION. 1

THINK IT GOESWITHOUT QUESTION THAT BY HOW HONG KONG NEGOTIATORS

ARE SUFFICIENTLY EXPERIENCED TO PROBE THOROUGHLY ALL THE POINTS

YOU MENTION AND MORE.

10. WE SHALL NATURALLY EXAMINE THE CASE MOST CAREFULLY WITH THE

CANADIANS NEXT WEEK ON THE BASIS OF THE FACTS. BUT WE CONSIDER THAT

SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE IS ALREADY AVAILABE TO SHOW THAT CANADIAN

SHIRT INDUSTRY IS BEING DAMAGED BY IMPORTS. I AM SURE YOU

WILL ACCEPT THAT THIS GOVERNMENT HAS A BASIC OBLIGATION TO HONG

KONG INDUSTRY TO KEEP THE TRADE MOVING SEMICOLON THAT WE MUST

KNOW WHAT TO DO WELL BEFORE 1 OCTOBER SEMICOLON AND THAT WE MUST

THEREFORE ENTER THESE NEGOTIATIONS AS PLANNED.

/11. YOUR

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