CYPHER/CAT A
ROUTINE BRUSSELS
TELEGRAM NO. 8
CONFIDENTIAL
[ NEUTRAL]
FOLLOWING FROM DODGE:
CONFIDENTIAL
TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG
28 JANUARY 1969
BENELUX: DISCUSSIONS WITH VERHAGEN.
GREY FABRICS:
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1. REPORT WILL FOLLOW BY MEMORANDUM BUT VERHAGEN SEEMED IMPRESSED BY EQUITY ARGUMENTS AND QUOTA PERFORMANCE STATISTICS. HE PROMISED URGENT BENELUX RECONSIDERATION OF SOME SPECIAL ARRANGE- MENTS EX-QUOTA INVOLVING PROCESSED RE-EXPORTS BUT ONLY THOSE DESTINED OUTSIDE EEC AND AOTS.
2. IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN AND KOREA ARE NOT YET RESTRICTED.
3.
THERE ARE NO ''NEW REGULATIONS''. UNITED AFRICA PARIS HAVE CONFUSED POST 13 JANUARY ARRANGEMENTS. IMPORT LICENCE QUOTED WAS APPARANTLY ISSUED FOR INTENDED IMPORT THROUGH FRANCE WITH SHIPMENT DESTINED ULTIMATELY FOR FRENCH AOT.
4.
I HAVE SUGGESTED TO BENELUX THAT INSTEAD OF CASE-BY-CASE ARRANGEMENTS, WE WOULD PREFER SPECIAL SHIPMENTS TO TIE IN WITH ADMINISTRATIVE FEATURES (BUT OBVIOUSLY NOT DUTY ASPECTS) OF THE EXISTING BENELUX IMPROVEMENT TRADE SINCE THIS WOULD RESULT IN BETTER COMPETITIVE POSITION, AND INCIDENTALLY LESS ADMINISTRAT- IVE RED TAPE.
F.C.O. PASS HONG KONG 8.
SIR R. BARCLAY
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
TRADE POLICY DEPT
HONG KONG DEFT
WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT
REF.
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RECEIVED IN ARCHIVES No.31 30 JAN 1969
HKK6/504//
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