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Draft Telegram to:—

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Your telegram No. 545.

UK Textile Council Report.

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We

Textile Council's tariff recommendation is under

ministerial consideration and there is indeed the

possiblity that decision may be reached and announced

recognize before Parliament recesses on 25 July. We have fully

appreciated both that the comments made in your telegram

No. 511 were only preliminary and tentative and that

Jordan's comments were tentative and non-committal.

have also appreciated that your Textile Advisory Board

and Trade Associations would react badly to any decision

to impose the tariff without consulting them. However,

as we advised you in personal telegram No. 401 no

has been Commonwealth Government was consulted and this is still

the case.

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