TNAG-0153-FCO40-189-Exports-of-cotton-textiles-to-Canada-1969 — Page 18

CYPHER/CAT 'A',

IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 697 CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL

FOR JORDAN FROM COWPERTHWAITE.

CANADIAN TEXTILES.

YOUR TEL. 586.

TOP LOT

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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

DATED 4 SEPTEMBER 1969

WE READ THIS MESSAGE AS RECEIVED IN YOUR TELEGRAM TO MEAN THAT

WE CAN NOW APPROACH THE CANADIANS WITH A SUGGESTION THAT TALKS

BE RESUMED AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE WITH THE OBJECT OF REACHING

AND CONCLUDING AN AGREEMENT ON COTTON TEXTILES AND IMF: THE

TALKS BEING HELD HERE IN HONG KONG IF THE CANADIANS ARE AGREEABLE

(ON LOCALE, YOUR CONVERSATION LAST NIGHT GAVE ME A DIFFERENT

IMPRESSION AND PARA. (5) IS AMBIGUOUS). WE ACCORDINGLY PROPOSE

TO APPROACH THE CANADIANS AT ONCE TO SEE WHAT ARRANGEMENTS WOULD

SUIT THEM AND WE WILL THEREAFTER NOTIFY FCO IN ORDER THAT BOT

REPRESENTATIVE MAY KNOW WHEN TO COME HERE. OUR PREVIOUS OFFER

TO PAY HIS PASSAGE IF NECESSARY STILL STANDS (OUR TELEGRAM 639 REFERS).

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PLEASE CONFIRM URGENTLY THAT WE HAVE NOT MISUNDERSTOOD THE

POSITION.

SIR D TRENCH

FILES:

HONG KONG DEPT COMMODITIES DEPT TRADE POLICY DEPT

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LAST

REF.

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NEXT

RLF.

CONFIDENTIAL

ADVANCE COPIES SENT:

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No. 51 -4 SEP 1969

HK16/331/