TNAG-0153-FCO40-189-Exports-of-cotton-textiles-to-Canada-1969 — Page 21

E668

Registry No.

DEPARTMENT

HKK 6/331/1

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

PRIORITY MARKINGS

(Date)

*

Despatched

Confidential

Priority

Date and time (G.M.T.) telegram should

reach addressee(s).

3/9/

134+

104

NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN

PRIVACY MARKING

In Confidence

En Clair. Code

Cypher

Draft Telegram to:-

Goo Hang Kang.

No6.5.860

[ Security_classification"

-if any

[ Privacy marking

-if any

[Codeword-if any]

Addressed to

telegram ..............

And to

CONFIDENTIAL

]

Co

GOVERNOR, HONG KONG

(Date) _3 Seflente repeated for information to

319.

And to:-

Repeat to:-

Saving to:-

Distribution:-

NONE Feles

МК пера

Copies to:-

أصل

D.M. Sellers,

H.K.Government

Office.

Commodities Dept

12102 Trade Policy Dept.

3/4109

Saving to

..(date)

For COWPERTHWAITE from JORDAN

Canadian Textiles.

Following is Hong Kong record of what was said

by Goldsmith at meeting with Jones and Sellers.

on 2 September.

The Secretary of the Board of Trade had asked

Goldsmith to convey to the Hong Kong representatives what he (the Secretary) felt ought to be done in the present situation. Goldsmith conveyed this in the following terms :

(1) The Board of Trade is very anxious indeed not to

give the United States any lever for demanding restraints in any form on imports of non-cotton

textiles.

(2) The Board does not want to break front with Japan in opposing the Stans proposals.

(3)

The Board is not at all happy at being obliged to decide on this particular issue at a time when it is engaged in reviewing the whole outlook

for trade in textiles.

(4).

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