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CYPHER/CAT.A.

HONG KONG

TELNO.690

CONFIDENTIAL

[NEUTRAL]

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

1 SEPTEMBER, 1969

YOUR TELEGRAM 580 : TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA.

I AM GRATEFUL FOR INTERIM RE-CONFIRMATION OF OUR EXISTING POLICY ON

M.M.F. TEXTILES AND HOPE THAT WE CAN RESUME TALKS WITH CANADIANS

WITHOUT DELAY.

2. I AM GRATEFUL ALSO FOR YOUR FIRST THREE PARAGRAPHS DEALING WITH

THE CONDUCT OF HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE RELATIONS. I REALISE HOW

DIFFICULT IT IS TO DEFINE SUCH MATTERS IN THE SHORT TIME AVAILABLE

AND I THINK THE STATEMENT CAN HOLD THE POSITION WITH EXECUTIVE

COUNCIL AND THE TEXTILE ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE TIME BEING. BUT FROM

MY POINT OF VIEW, AS WELL AS PROBABLY FROM THEIRS, I SHALL HAVE TO

ASK FOR FURTHER ELUCIDATION AND ELABORATION, PARTICULARLY IN

CONNECTION WITH THE RESOLUTION OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND THE

SOURCE OF, AND CHANNELS OF, AUTHORITY. I WILL TELEGRAPH AGAIN WHEN I

HAVE HAD TIME TO GIVE THE MATTER MORE THOUGHT.

SIR D. TRENCH

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121

INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION

H.K.D.

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