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TELNO. GUIDANCE 77
1 April, 1969
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My immediately preceding Guidance telegram.
Textile Council Report.
Line to take:
If questioned about the report, you should emphasise that it was prepared by the Textile Council which carries responsibility for the recommendations contained in it. B.O.T. officials took part in the work of the Council's Executive Committee and other Committees concerned with
studying the industry. They were there to act as assessors. They were not concerned with the conclusions and recommendations
of the report and there is thus no question of the Government being committed in any way to accepting these conclusions and
recommendations.
2. The Board of Trade will be reviewing the findings
of the report in close consultation with the industry before
taking any further action over the report. Thus there is no question of our approaching other Commonwealth Governments to discuss the proposal for a tariff on cotton textiles unless and until a decision has been taken to follow up the Textile
Council's recommendation on this subject. In considering
whether or not to take further action on the recommendation
we have very much in mind our various contractual and
other obligations to Commonwealth countries as well as the
principles on which the Commonwealth Preference Area has
been built up over many years.
needs of our own industry.
STEWART
By telegraph:
Ottawa
Canberra
Kuala Lumpur Singapore Hong Kong (B.T.C.)
We have also to consider the
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