TNAG-0163-FCO40-199-Export-of-textiles-to-Norway-and-Sweden-1969 — Page 181

CYPHER/CAT A

IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 95

CONFIDENTIAL [NOUTRAL]

CONFIDENTIAL

TOP COPY

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

30

JANUARY

1969

सार

→ CONFIDENTIAL ADDRESSED F.C.0. TELNO 95 OF 30 JANUARY RFI STOCKHOLM

AND UKMIS GENEVA.

• YOUR TELEGRAM 81: SWEDEN.

ITEM 462.

AS REPORTED IN STOCKHOLM TELEGRAM 9 SWEDES HAVE ALREADY INDICATED

THAT THEY WILL SEEK EXTENSION. WHEN 1 PROPOSED

OFFER'' ΤΟ

CONSULT I HAD IN MIND THAT SWEDES COULD IN ANY CASE ASK FOR

CONSULTATIONS ON THIS ITEM AT ANY TIME. IT WOULD BE MADE CLEAR

THAT OUTCOME WOULD DEPEND ON EVIDENCE PRESENTED AT THE TIME.

2. SWEDES GAVE FIGURES FOR MEN'S AND BOY'S KNITTED OUTERWEAR

IN APRIL 1963 AND FOR WOOL IN JANUARY 1960 COPY OF THE LATTER

PASSED TO YOU VIA MY LONDON OFFICER).

THAT OTHERS'' WILL BE MAINLY ACRYLIC.

IT SEEMS SAFE TO ASSUME

THESE FIGURES SHOW

DECLINING PRODUCTION OVERALL, IN WOOL AND IN 'OTHER' ',

'

LARGE INCREASE IN OVERALL AND ''OTHER' IMPORTS.

EXPORTS

OF ACRYLIC FROM HONG KONG HAVE RISEN FROM 24,999 PIECES IN 1967

TO 196,ppp IN 1968.

1

RECEIVED IN (ARCHIVES No.31

31 JAN 1969

нк

1116/521/1

LACT

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REF.

นา

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3. FALTHEIM'S

CONFIDENTIAL