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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
KONG TELGRAM NO.M627 TO STOCKHOLM OF 21 DECEMBER, 1968
CONFIDENTIAL [NEUTRAL]
ADDRESSED STOCKHOLM TELEGRAM NO M627 OF 21ST DECEMBER REPEATED
FCO AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT LONDON OFFICE.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 19. HONG KONG TEXTILE EXPORTS TO SWEDEN.
ISSUE OF EXPORT AUTHORISATIONS FOR THE THREE CATEGORIES
841.462, EX 841.751 AND EX 841.764 SUSPENDED FROM 1400 HOURS
LOCAL TIME ON 20TH DECEMBER.
2. CONSUL GENERAL'S NOTE ACTUALLY REFERS TO ARTIFICIAL FIERE
DRESS SHIRTS EX 841.764 INSTEAD OF SYNTHETIC DISCONTINUOUS FIBRE.
AS ARTIFICIAL FIBRE SHIRTS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO E/A'S AND ONLY 500
PIECES OF SUCH SHIRTS EXPORTED SINCE JULY, SWEDES ARE OBVIOUSLY
MISTAKEN. AS EXPORTS OF SYNTHETIC DISCONTINUOUS FIBRE SHIRTS UNDER
E/A'S HAVE BEEN BRISK, WE HAVE ASSUMED THAT THEY HAVE CALLED US ON
THIS INSTEAD. CONSUL-GENERAL AGREES WITH THIS INTERPRETATION WHEN
FIGURES MENTIONED TO HIM.
3. KJELLBERG WAS VERBALLY INFORMED BY SORBY WHEN HE PRESENTED HIS
MEMORANDUM THAT DUE TO CONSULTATIONS WITH AMERICANS IN JANUARY WE
WOULD MUCH PREFER TO RECEIVE SWEDES IN HONG KONG. FRENCH ALSO PROPOSE
TO SEND A TEAM HERE AT THE BEGINNING OF YEAR, FOLLOWING UPON THEIR VISIT TO INDIA
· THOUGH THIS SUGGESTION WAS MADE IN THE EARLY
AUTUMN BEFORE THE RECENT FINANCIAL CRISIS AND THEY MAY NOT NOW COME.
GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD PUT ACROSS TO SWEDISH GOVERNMENT THE GREAT
CONVENIENCE TO US TO HOLD THESE CONSULTATIONS IN HONG KONG.
RECEIVED IN!
4PCHIVES Na 31
€ 3DEC 1968
HXK6/531/
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