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DFT TELEGRAM TO HONG KONG, REPEATE

OSLO

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CONFIDENTIAL

PRIORITY

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OSLO TELEGRAK

HONG KONG KURWTIGIAN TEXTILE NEGOTIATIO

Hong Kong

LETTERS INITIALLED

WE HAVE NOW SEA Ad

AD REFERENDUM BY HO AND JERMING.

2. WE AGREE THAT THE TURĖS AR THE BEST WHICH YOU

COULD OBTAIN IN TH CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT WE DO NOT CON-

SIDER THAT THE NORVEGIAND PRODUCED SUBSTANTIAL EVIDNECE

THAT IMPORTS FRO. HONG KONG HAD CAUSED INJURY TO THE

DOMESTIC INDUSTRY. FRODUCTION HAD FALLEN IN SOLE CASES,

BUT THIS SEIMS TO HAVE BEEN MAINLY DUE TO (1) AN

INCREASE IN IMFORTO FROM EFTA COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE

U.R.,|(11) A Fall IN EXPORTS OR (111) A FALL IN DEMAND

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AS A RESULT OF A CHANG IN FASHION THE NOWEGIAN VIEW

SEAS TO HAVE BEN THAT ACTION AGAINST HONG KONG WAS

VALUABLE FOR ITS PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT.

THIS OF COURSE,

IS JURZ POLITICS AND NUT HAZ ACTICE AIX OF THE GATT

IS ABOUT. IN THIS CONNECTION DE ACULD RAIND YOU THAT,

the

IN THE CRED OF THE NEW REST AINT, PROPORTION OF

PROPORTION OF

NORWEGIAN CONSUMPTION SUPĒLIND BY IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG

UNDER 14 PER CNT IN 1968 IS UNIMPRESSIVE COLPARED

WITH 26 FER CENT FOR THE U.K. IN 1968. AT THE SAME

TIME THE AMOUNT SOLD BY THA U.K:-INDUSTRY IN THE HOME

MARKET HAS BEEN FALLING, A MATTER WHICH HAS BEEN

CAUSING US CONCERN.

4.

IF YOU AGREE WE WOULD SEE ADVANTAGE IN OUR

TELLING THE NORWEGIAN AUTHORITIES THAT WE ATTACH

PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE TO THE PROVISO IN PARAGRA H 4

OF YOUR RESTRAINT LETTER, AND WOULD EXPECT THE

NORVEGIAN GOVERNMENT TO AGREE TO A RELAXATION OF THE

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