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TELEGRAM NO. 527 RESTRICTED
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DRESSED F C O TELNO 527 OF 3 JULY R F I CANBERRA AND UKMIS GENEVA.
YOUR TELNO. 433: COTTON TEXTILES TO AUSTRALIA.
FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS IN HONG KONG WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT UNDER C.T.A. ARTICLE 3, THE DIRECTOR OF .
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY WAS SATISFIED THAT EXPORTS FROM HONG KONG
TO AUSTRALIA OF COTTON DRILLS OTHER THAN GREY WEIGHING NOT LESS THAN 6 OUNCES AND NOT MORE THAN 15 OUNCES PER SQUARE YARD
POSED AN ACTUAL THREAT OF MARKET DISRUPTION.
2. CONSEQUENTLY THE DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY SIGNED
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A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AD REFERENDUM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
AGREEING TO A RESTRAINT LIMIT ON THIS FABRIC OF 950,000
SQUARE YARDS FOR THE PERIOD 1 JULY 1969 TO 30 JUNE 1970.
THE LIMIT REPRESENTS THE HALF WAY MARK BETWEEN THE ROLL BACK
ENTITLEMENTS BASED ON AUSTRALIAN IMPORT AND HONG KONG EXPORT
FIGURES.
3. THE AUSTRALIANS AGREED NOT TO PURSUE THEIR REQUEST FOR
RESTRAINT IN RESPECT OF COTTON DRILLS, GREY AND COTTON DENIMS, DUNGAREES AND JEANS, GREY AND OTHER THAN GREYY WEIGHING 6 TO 15
OUNCES PER SQUARE YARD.
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4. A FULLER REPORT WILL FOLLOW SHORTLY BY SAVING.,
(F C O PLS PASS TO CANBERRA AND GENEVA)
SIR D. TRENCH
FILES
HONG KONG DEPT
S.W.P.D.
TRADE POLICY DEPT
COMMODITIES DEPT
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED
LAST
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24/7/69.
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51
AJUL 1969
WICK6/345/1
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