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30 JANUARY 1969
UKMISSION GENEVA TELNO 2 TO HONG KONG
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ADDSD TO HONG KONG TEL NO 2 OF 30 JANUARY RFI TO FCO AND STOCKHOLM.
YOUR TEL NO 88 TO FCO.
FROM JONES
SWEDEN.
HW
FOLLOWING A BRIEF WORD I HAD WITH DE GEER BEFORE HE TEMPORARILY LEFT GENEVA, EWERLOFF OF SWEDISH MISSION HAS CONTACTED ME
TO DISCUSS MECHANICS. HE TOLD ME THAT THEIR DELEGATION WOULD
BE:-
DE GEER (LEADER)
LARSSON (MINISTRY OF COMMERCE)
HENRIKSSON (BOARD OF TRADE)
KUMLIM (MFA)
INDUSTRIAL ADVISERS WILL DE STRANDBERG AND BERNUNTER, BOTH MANAGING DIRECTORS OF TEXTILE TRADE ASSOCIATIONS.
2. IN TURN I GAVE EWERLOFF THE NAMES OF HONG KONG TEAM AS IN YOUR TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE POINTING OUT THAT THIS WILL HAVE BEEN PASSED TO MFA. I ADDED THAT MISS WELCH, BOARD OF TRADE, WOULD ALSO ATTEND.
3. DE GEER IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO GENEVA MONDAY AND WILL BE AVAILABLE TUESDAY. IF AS 1 ASSUME YOU WILL WISH ATTEND- ANCE OF INDUSTRIAL ADVISERS TO BE CONFINED TO A STATISTICAL SUB-GROUP AS LAST TIME, I SUGGEST THAT THIS POINT BE CLEARED WITH DE GEER AT THAT STAGE AS SWEDISH MISSION HERE MAY NOT BE AWARE OF BACK HISTORY.
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EWERLOFF ASKED ME HOW LONG I ENVISAGED TALKS LASTING. 1 REPLIED THAT ON PAST EXPERIENCE WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED ALL OF THREE DAYS, 5-7 FEBRUARY, AS EACH SIDE WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY NEED TIME TO SEEK FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS IN COURSE
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