CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 274
CONFIDENTIAL
[NEUTRAL]
CONFIDENTIAL
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
2 APRIL 1969
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ADDRESSED: FCO AS MYTEL NO. 274 OF 2ND APRIL RFI STOCKHOLM, GENEVA OFFICE (FOR JONES), AND H.K. GOVERNMENT LONDON OFFICE.
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SWEDISH TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS.
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CONSUL-GENERAL HAS HANDED OVER FORMAL NOTE REQUESTING CONSULTATIONS, WITH STATISTICAL TABLES AND MEMORANDUM FROM SWEDISH M.F.A. DATED 18 MARCH. WE UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE RECEIVED TABLES AND
MEMORANDUM.
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2. MEMORANDUM SEEKS PROLONGATION OF QUOTE LOCAL TEMPORARY EXPORT CONTROL FOR ANOTHER YEAR UNQUOTE. TABLES, HOWEVER, COVER, IN ADDITION TO ALL ITEMS CURRENTLY UNDER RESTRA INT OR E/AS, SEVERAL COTTON ITEMS SUBJECT TO NEITHER, AND INCLUDE MEN'S AND BOY'S DISCONTINUOUS SYNTHETIC SWEATERS ET [GRP OMITTED] AND WOMEN'S AND GIRLS' DISCONTINUOUS SYNTHETIC ANORAKS, NEITHER OF WHICH ITEMS IS AT PRESENT UNDER RESTRAINT. (THEY INCLUDE ALL THREE NON-COTTON ITEMS UNDER E/AS.)
3. SWEDISH NOTE ITSELF DOES NOT SPECIFY PROPOSED COVERAGE
BUT MERELY REFERS TO QUOTE CONSULTATIONS REGARDING EXPORT OF COTTON GOODS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ART. 3 OF C.T.A. AND NON-COTTON ACCORDING TO ART. XXII OF G.A.T.T.. UNQUOTE
4. WE HAVE THEREFORE REPLIED REFERRING TO FINAL SENTENCE OF MEMORANDUM QUOTED IN PARA. 2 ABOVE, REITERATING THAT THIS WAS BASIS ON WHICH WE AGREED TO CONSULT, (REFERRING ALSO TO RECENT DISCUSSIONS IN LONDON BETWEEN SWEDISH AND BRITISH OFFICIALS), EXPRESSING RELUCTANCE TO CONSIDER ANY EXTENSION OF COVERAGE, SEEKING FURTHER BREAKDOWN OF FIGURES, AND, IN ASKING FOR DATA ON QUOTE NYLON SILK UNQUOTE SHIRTS CLASSIFIED BY SWEDES UNDER KNITWEAR, POINTEDLY REFERRING TO CONTINUATION OF E/A SCHEME FOR WOVEN SYNTHETIC SHIRTS.
5. TO SAVE TIME, I AM AIRMAILING COPY OF OUR NOTE TO CONSUL-
GENERAL TO SELLERS FOR DISTRIBUTION IN LONDON.
FCO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY STOCKHOLM, GENEVA AND LONDON OFFICE.
SIR D. TRENCH
[REPEATED TO STOCKHOLM AND U.K. MISSION GENEVA
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
HONG KONG DEFT FAR EASTERN DEPT COMMODITIES DEPT
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