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PRIVACY MARKING

In Confidence

Department

for restraints. Of the Norwegiame

then

misht

on restraints

on

mens

and boys

kuut-wear items you could emphasise the

weakness of their case

and

say that

There items could only be

restrictions

on

accepted

on

The basis that restraints

were dropped

on

The women

and girls

Where

12e

Case

is even

weaker,

5-

lva

understand

that the Norwes, ceme

have argued that increased imports of

knitwear have

have caused

Ihreatened

unemployment in Northern Norway. Miss

Welch could reasonably make the point-

has been caused by imports

that of this

from other

EFTA countries

The matters

under

could possibly be dealt with

Article 20 of the

EETA Convention.

On the face of it there is no reason

Why

Hong Kong should be singled out for

restraint.

We are

particularly

Concerned