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PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 593
TO
HONG KONG
9 SEPTEMBER 1969.
(HKK 6/331/1)
CONFIDENTIAL.
NEUTRAL
ADDRESSED TO HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 593 OF 9 SEPTEMBER
REPTD FOR INFMN TO OTTAWA AND TOKYO.
FOR JORDAN,
CANADIAN/JAPANESE NEGOTIATIONS ON MAN-MADE FIBRE TEXTILES.
KAWASAKI OF THE JAPANESE EMBASSY IN LONDON TELLS THE BOARD OF
TRADE THAT THE CANADIANS HAVE ASKED THE JAPANESE FOR RESTRAINTS
ON POLYESTER/COTTON WOVEN FABRICS, POLYESTER LONG STAPLE FABRICS, POLYESTER/COTTON SHEETS AND PILLOWCASES AND ALL SHIRTS OF MAN-
MADE FIBRE. AS A PACKAGE DEAL THEY OFFERED LIBERALISATION OF CERTAIN
COTTON OUTER GARMENTS, COTTON FABRICS AND ONE OR TWO OTHER
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
2. JAPANESE NEGOTIATORS HAVE REJECTED THIS PACKAGE, MAKING IT
CLEAR THAT THEY ARE STRONGLY OPPOSED IN PRINCIPLE TO RESTRICTIONS
ON ADDITIONAL MAN-MADE FIBRE GOODS, A PROPOSITION WHICH WAS NOT IN
THEIR VIEW COVERED BY AGENDA FOR THE MEETING. CANADIANS ARE
KEEPING UP THE PRESSURE, BUT JAPANESE ARE NOT APPARENTLY
RELAXING THEIR OPPOSITION.
3. WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN TO INFORM KAWASAKI OF OUTCOME OF YOUR
OWN NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADIANS.
STEWART
HONG KONG D.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
COMMODITIES D.
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