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CYPHER/CAT.A.
BRUSSELS TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG.
TELEGRAM NO.10
28 JANUARY 1969
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[NEUTRAL]
FOLLOWING FROM DODGE:
BENELUX: DISCUSSIONS WITH VERHAGEN.
CURRENT RESERVES:
BENELUX ARE AIMING AT EARLY OFFER OF RELEASE OF NET CURRENT
RESERVES IN PERHAPS TWO TRANCHES, E.G. ONE WHEN THEY HAVE ALL OUR
PRE 13 JANUARY EXPORT LICENCES TO COMPARE WITH TOTAL OF THEIR
DITTO IMPORT LICENCES AND THE SECOND WHEN ACTUAL THIRD COUNTRY
IMPORTS UNDER THESE LATTER, WHICH ARE VALID FOR SIX MONTHS, ARE KNOWN
TO THEM.
RE-EXPORTS:
RE-EXPORTS UNDER POST 13 JANUARY ARRANGEMENTS WILL CONTINUE TO
BE CREDITED TO OUR QUOTAS ON A REGULAR BASIS.
MISCELLANEOUS :
JAPANESE UMBRELLA PARTS AND WHOLLY ASSEMBLED FRAMES ARE NOT CAUGHT
BY BENELUX RESTRICTIONS. 1968 QUOTA WAS 720,000 UNITS. 1969
QUOTA NOT YET DECIDED. DUTCH ARE NOT AT PRESENT WORRIED OVER IMPORTS
OF HONG KONG SYNTHETICS BUT BELGIANS HAVE APPARENTLY EXPRESSED SOME
DISQUIET OVER ONE JACKET-TYPE ITEM FROM HONG KONG, THE PRICES OF
WHICH ARE BOTHERING THEM.
F.C.O. PASS TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG 13.
SIR R. BARCLAY.
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[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION:
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RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No.31 30 JAN 1969
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