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4. IMPOSITION OF DUTY WOULD RAISE GRAVE DOUBTS IN CYPRUS

GOVERNMENT'S MIND ON LINES OF POINTS 2(B) AND (C) OF YOUR TELEGRAM.

BUT ASSUMING THE DUTY WAS COMMON TO ALL COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES

THE INJECTION OF THE ELEMENT OF COMPETITION WOULD PROBABLY BE

MORE ACCEPTABLE TO CYPRUS THAN THE PRESENT QUOTA SYSTEM. I THINK.

LOCAL TEXTILE INDUSTRY WOULD REACT IN THIS WAY. BUT IMPOSITION

OF DUTY, COMBINED WITH RETENTION OF QUOTAS, EVEN FOR A LIMITED

PERIOD, WOULD ALMOST CERTAINLY PROVOKE STRONG REACTION.

MR RAMSBOTHAM

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