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CYPHER/CAT A

PRIORITY BRUSSELS

CONFIDENTIAL

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

BRUSSELS TELNO 45 TO HONG KONG

CONFIDENTIAL

[NEUTRAL],

18 NOVEMBER 1968

FOLLOWING FROM DODGE.

GREY FABRICS TO THE BENELUX FOR PROCESSING AND RE-EXPORT:

HIS

YOUR SAVINGRAM 266. I HAVE CONVEYED ALL DETAILS TC KCCPS. IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS TO POINT OUT: (A) THAT APPROVAL IN THE UNITED AFRICA CASE RIGHT CONSTITUTE SOME FORM OF PRECEDENT, AND (2) ON THE QUESTION OF PRINCIPLE, THAT THE BENELUX HAD TO FACE THE CONFLICTING INTERESTS OF PROCESSORS OF GREY CLOTH AND ACTUAL

PRODUCERS.

2.

KOOPS TOOK THE POINTS ABCUT ORDER-BY-ORDER ADMINISTRATIVE

IMPRESSION THAT THESE IN THE SELVES ARRANGEMENTS AND I FORMED THE

WOULD PROBABLY NOT CONSTITUTE A STUMBLING BLOCK BUT (B) ABOVE IS A DIFFERENT MATTER.

3.

KOOPS UNDERTOCK TO HAVE THE SUBJECT SYMPATHETICALLY CONSIDERED

AND TO ADVISE E EARLY OF THE OUTCOME.

F.C.O. PASS PRIORITY TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG AS MY TELNO 45.

SIR R. BARCLAY

[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]

INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION

HONG KONG DEPT

WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT

:

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