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CYPHER/CAT A
IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NUMBER 549
TO H.C. SINGAPORE
21 JULY 1969 COMMODITIES)
CONFIDENTIAL.
NEUTRAL.
YOUR TELEGRAM 712: COTTON TEXTILES.
DETAILED GUIDANCE IS GIVEN IN MY TEL NO. 840 TO DELHI.
2. OUR OWN ASSESSMENT OF SINGAPORE'S PERFORMANCE UNDER A TARIFF IS IN LINE WITH THE INDUSTRIALISTS' REACTIONS QUOTED IN YOUR PARAGRAPH 3, WE THINK SHE WILL BE ABLE TO COMPETE, AND MAY WELL INCREASE HER TRADE, ONCE QUOTA RESTRICTIONS ARE REMOVED. THE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON INDIA'S TRADE HOWEVER, MAY VELL BE CONSIDERABLE, WE CANNOT ACCEPT THAT ANY OTHER COUNTRY WILL HAVE A COMPARABLE CASE FOR ASSISTANCE (SEE PARAGRAPH 4(C) OF OUR GENERAL GUIDANCE TELEGRAM).
3. SINGAPORE SENT 516,000 SQUARE YARDS OF GREYCLOTH TO THE UK IN 1968 FOR PROCESS AND RE-EXPORT, WE CONFIRM THAT DRAWBACK ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE ALLOWED ON THIS TRADE AFTER A TARIFF IS INTRODUCED,
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