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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
ROUTINE BRUSSELS TELNO 44 TO HONG KONG 8 NOVEMBER 1968
CONFIDENTIAL.
FOLLOWING FROM DODGE.
COTTON TEXTILES TO BENELUX: CERTIFICATION.
YOUR TELNO M557.-
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KCOPS ADVISES THAT THE BENELUX REASON FOR WANTING TO ABANDON THE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT IS SIMPLY TO FACILITATE TRADE, THEY SEEM TO HAVE CONSIDERED THAT THERE WOULD BE NO SIDE EFFECTS.
2. I HAVE NOW USED ALL ARGUMENTS TO ENSURE BENELUX RECONSIDERATION OF THIS MATTER ON THE LINES WE WANT, AND KOOPS, WHO TOOK ALL THE POINTS, WHICH HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY OCCURRED TO HIM, IS NOW PERSONALLY CONVINCED THAT THE REQUIREMENT SHOULD STAND. HE PROMISED THAT OFFICIAL RECONSIDERATION WOULD BE GIVER AT ONCE.
FCO PASS ROUTINE HONG KONG.
SIR R. BARCLAY
/REPEATED AS REQUESTED/
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
HONG KONG DEPT.
TRADE POLICY DEPT.
WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT.
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RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No.31 11 NOV 1968
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