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11
Final Session (Plenary) -
4.45 p.m. 7th February 1969
41.
Participants: As for Fourth Session.
Mr. Kumlin stated that his Government had dropped their
request on shirts and agreed to the levels for
(a) women's and girls' anoraks at 615 rolled-in
with the men's and boys' item of 180 to give a combined total of 795;
(b)
men's and boys' woollen knitwear at 563 rolled-in with the women's and girls' item of 1,675 to give a combined total of 2,238.
He could not, however, initial any papers which had to be referred to Stockholm for prior clearance.
App. 1 42.
App. 2
The attached draft letter from the Director of Commerce and Industry to the Swedish Consul-General in Hong Kong was informally agreed. Mr. Jones would initial it with Baron de Geer on 10th February. The letter on the resumption of E/As for polyester cotton shirts was agreed with Mr. Kumlin, signed by Mr. Jordan and handed
over.
43.
Any publicity the Swedish Government might wish to give to this agreement would be discussed by the Baron with Mr. Jones.
44.
If the Swedish Government sought to have consultations in Hong Kong on an extension of the present restraints, the week commencing 21st April 1969 appeared to be convenient.
45.
On a point raised by Mr. Jordan concerning any future requests by the Swedish Government for the suspension of E/As, Mr. Kumlin stated that the Swedish Government would be prepared to consider individual hardship cases which the Hong Kong Government might bring to their notice.
46.
Mr. Henriksson said that Swedish Customs had some difficulty over Hong Kong's classification of "shells": they thought they were within the women's knitwear restraint categories. Mr. Ho agreed to look into the matter in Hong Kong and would write to Mr. Henriksson.
The meeting concluded at 5.45 p.m.
47.
App. 3 48.
The final report by Mr. Jones is attached as Appendix 3.
Commerce and Industry Department,
12th March 1969.
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