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Stockholm in June. Nevertheless it seems to

me that it will be difficult to allow them to

agree to the additional restraints in non-

cotton items as they wish on this occasion.

You will see that in paragraph 7 of their

telegram they are proposing to do so in the

case of the same two items, of women's and

girls' discontinuous anoraks, and synthetic

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blouses, to which they make reference in their

telegram No. 301.

I think there are two main arguments

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against allowing them to make these concessions

as they are obviously anxious to do. The

first is that Baron de Geer undertook not to

ask for new restraints in non-cotton items.

presonably

The second is that this is a bad moment in

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time (I refer to Mr. Stans' tour) at which to

make any such concessions.

is the It may well be

that if the Swedish statistics justify it

and they seem to do so, although we have not

seen them - we could argue that this was just

such an item by item restraint on the basis of

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good factual evidence as we may have to admit

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atras Hong Kong has on previous occa- I will drottens have to concada agam sions conceded, but would it not be better to

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postpone the issue until June when Mr. Stans'

rounds will presumably have ended?

I should be grateful for your urgent con-

sideration of this telegram. If you were able

canma to telephone your agreement with this general

line I would in the circumstances make myself

responsible for drafting a conciliatory but

firm telegram holding Hong Kong to the pre-

viously agreed position, which woul alan wth you

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