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IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 619
TO HONG KONG
16 SEPTEMBER 1969
(HKK 6/394/1)
CONFIDENTIAL.
NEUTRAL
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 728.
WE. SHARE YOUR CONCERN AT THESE UNSATISFACTORY DEVELOPMENTS AND ESPECIALLY AT THE NORWEGIAN REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL RESTRAINTS
IN THE NON-COTTON FIELD.
2. IN ORDER TO OFFER MEANINGFUL COMMENTS AND ADVICE ON NON-COTTON ITEMS, LIKE YOU, WE SHALL NATURALLY NEED TIME TO STUDY WHATEVER STATISTICS AND ARGUMENTS THE NORWEGIANS ARE ABLE TO PRODUCE. WE ARE THEREFORE PLEASED TO NOTE YOUR STRONG REACTION TO THE CONSUL GENERAL'S LETTER AND THE FACT THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE HONG KONG DELEGATION TO OSLO WILL BE CONFINED TO GETTING THE FACTS AND GIGURES ESTABLISHED AND REPORTING BACK.
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3. WE SHALL, NATURALLY, GIVE YOU OUR COMMENTS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE AFTER WE HAVE HAD THE CHANCE IN LONDON TO EXAMINE THE SUBSTANCE OF THE NORWEGIAN CASE DEPLOYED NEXT WEEK.
4. WE ARE CONSIDERING THE QUESTION OF U.K. REPRESENTATION IN OSLO
AND SHALL CABLE AGAIN ON THIS.
STEWART
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
H.K.D.
COMMODITIES D.
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