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IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 628
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NEUTRAL
TO HONG KONG
18 SEPTEMBER 1969 (H.K.)
YOUR TEL NO 736. NORWEGIAN TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS.
WE SET CONSIDERABLE STORE BY THE AGREEMENT TO PROCEED ON NON-COTTON ITEMS IN FULL CONSULTATION SO THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO OFFER COMMENT AND ADVICE BEFORE COMMITMENTS ARE ENTERED INTO. WE WOULD EXPECT TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY BEFORE YOU REACH AN AGREEMENT AD REFERENDUM (WHICH IS AFTER ALL NOT FAR SHORT OF A BINDING COMMITMENT).
2. WHILE UK REPRESENTATIVE AT TALKS WILL OF COURSE PLAY FULL PART IN ASSESSING SIGNIFICANCE OF THE COMPLETE FIGURES AND THE STRENGTH OF THE CASE THEY PRESENT, WE SUGGEST THAT MISSING STATISTICS IN RESPECT OF EXISTING AND NEW NON-COTTON RESTRAINTS SHOULD BE TELEGRAPHED TO HONG KONG AND LONDON AS SOON AS THEY ARE AVAILABLE, AND THAT TIME-TABLE DISCUSSIONS SHOULD BE SO ORDERED AS TO GIVE US IN LONDON AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER THE DETAILS OF
THE CASE.
STEWART
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION:
H.K.D.
LAGT
RCF
25
NOLT
30
ADDTNL, DISTRIBUTION: 1.K. INTERNATIONAL TRADE
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