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SWEDISH CONSUL-GENERAL CALLED AT COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPART- MENT ON /SIC/ FEBRUARY: IN CONNECTION WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF

GENEVA AGREEMENT. DURING THIS VISIT HE SAID THAT HE HAD

INSTRUCTIONS

(A) TO ASK FOR CONSULTATIONS IN HONG KONG BEGINNING 21 APRIL

TO DISCUSS EXTENSION OF EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS SEMICOLON

(B) TO SAY THAT STATISTICS WOULD BE PROVIDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

5. IN REPLY JORDAN

(A) INDICATED THAT 22 APRIL WOULD DE ACCEPTABLE FOR US SEMICOLON

(B) EMPHASISED NEED FOR IMPORT FIGURES FOR OTHER PRINCIPAL

SUPPLIERS TO ESTABLISH WHETHER RESTRAINTS HAD PROTECTED

DOMESTIC INDUSTRY OR MERELY HELPED OTHER EXPORTERS SEN I COLON

(C) ASKED THAT SWEDES CONSIDER WHETHER, IN VIEW OF POOR PERFORMANCE IN CURRENT YEAR, SOME ITEMS COULD BE DROPPED FROM AGENDA SEMICOLON

(D) ASKED FOR A FORMAL WRITTEN REQUEST FOR THE CONSULTATIONS,

6. 1 I DO NOT THINK WE CAN REFUSE TO CONSULT AND I HOPE IT WILL

BE ACCEPTED THAT WHERE WE ARE WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF NOW ESTABLISHED PRECEDENTS DECISIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH MY

ASSESSMENT OF WHAT IS IN OUR BEST INTERESTS,

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