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ROUTINE UK MISSION GENEVA
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
U.K.MISSION GENEVA TELNO 7 TO HONG KONG CONFIDENTIAL
[NEUTRAL]
9 FEBRUARY 1970
ADDRESSED TO HONG KONG TEL NO 7 OF 9 FEBRUARY REPTD FOR INFMN TO
F.C.O., UKDEL BRUSSELS, BONN.
FROM JONES.
HONG KONG/EEC COTTON TEXTILES.
EVIDENCE SEEMS TO BE ACCUMULATING THAT ERNST'S ASSERTION THAT
EEC IMPORTS OF COTTON TEXTILES FROM HONG KONG IN 1969 WERE
EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH IS A MYTH WHICH WILL TAKE A LOT OF KILLING.
2. ! WOULD THEREFORE SUGGEST THAT FULLY DOCUMENTED BRIEFING AND
STATISTICS TO REFUTE IT BE PREPARED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR
CIRCULATION TO ME, LONDON, UKDEL BRUSSELS AND ALL COMMUNITY CAPITALS.
FIGURES, WHICH WILL PRESUMABLY HAVE TO BE BASED ON HONG KONG STATISTICS, SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN BY MEMBER STATES AND BY PRODUCTS AND SHOULD PRESUMABLY EXPLAIN ANY SIGNIFICANT BEGINNING/END
YEAR BUNCHING DUE TO MARKET CONDITIONS, CARRYOVER, ANTICIPATION,
ETC.
3. IT MAY BE THAT EARLY DEPLOYMENT OF THIS MATERIAL WILL BE
NECESSARY TO PREVENT COMMUNITY ADOPTING A RIGID POSITION ON FALSE
PREMISES FROM WHICH IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHIFT THEM LATER.
FCO PASS HONG KONG, UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS, BONN.
SIR E MELVILLE
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
HONG KONG DEPT
COMMODITIES DEPT
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51
11 FEB 1970
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