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CYPHER CAT/A

CONFIDENTIAL

PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 227

TO HONG KONG OP COPY

3 APRIL 1969 (KK 6/531/1)

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CONFIDENTIAL

NEUTRAL.

ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 227 OF

3 APRIL REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO STOCKHOLM AND UKMIS GENEVA.

88) YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 274.

SWEDISH TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS.

WE HAVE RECEIVED TABLES AND MEMORANDUM BUT NOT YET THE FORMAL NOTE. THE SAME QUESTION HAD BEEN IN OUR MINDS WHETHER THE INCLUSION IN THE STATISTICAL SERIES OF ITEMS NOT AT PRESENT UNDER RESTRAINT AFFECTED PARA 2 OF MY TEL 201. MY VIEW IS, AS EXPLAINED IN MY SAVING DESPATCH HKK 6/531/1 THAT THE SCOPE OF THE DISCUSSIONS MUST BE LIMITED BY THE TERMS OF THE MEMORANDUM MAKING PROVISION OF ANY OTHER STATISTICS IRRELEVANT. ENTIRELY AGREE THEREFORE WITH TERMS OF YOUR REPLY.

2. TO US ALSO THERE SEEMED TO BE A NUMBER OF WAYS IN WHICH THE RELEVANT FIGURES NEEDED SUPPLEMENTING. WE THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO HAVE SIX-MONTHLY FIGURES FOR JULY/DECEMBER 1967. JANUARY/JUNE 1968 AND JULY/DECEMBER FOR THE RESTRAINT ITEMS. 3. THE MAIN POINT ON WHICH FURTHER INFORMATION IS NEEDED HOWEVER IS THAT OF SWEDISH PRODUCTION, FOR WHICH THEY HAVE PROVIDED FIGURES ONLY UP TO

SEPTEMBER 1968. FIGURES FOR THE LAST QUARTER OF 1968 AT LEAST, EVEN IF FIGURES FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1969 ARE NOT AVAILABLE WILL BE NEEDED IN GOOD TIME BEFORE THE APRIL TALKS BEGIN. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL ASK THE CONSUL-GENERAL OR STOCKHOLM TO SUPPLY ANY OF THIS INFORMATION NOT INCLUDED IN THE FURTHER BREAKDOWN OF FIGURES YOU HAVE REQUESTED.

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STEWART

LACT

INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION

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H.K.D.

BEAT

CONFIDENTIAL

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