CYPHER/CAT A AND BY BAG
CONFIDENTIAL
MC 13/393/6
6.3
O/F
TO UKDEL BRUSSELS
SA
IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 37
8 JULY 1970
(MC):
CONFIDENTIAL
NEUTRAL
ADDRESSED TO UKDEL BRUSSELS TELEGRAM NUMBER 67 OF 8 JULY REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO BRUSSELS (FOR DODGE) BONN UKMIS GENEVA(FOR JONES) THE HAGUE PARIS HONG KONG AND SAVING TO ROME.
HONG KONG TELNO 448: COTTON TEXTILES.
AS SOON AS DODGE HAS REPLIED TO ERNST'S LETTER, YOU SHOULD SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION AT A SUITABLE LEVEL ON THE FOLLOWING LINES.
2. HONG KONG'S REQUEST IS CLEARLY A REASONABLE ONE. WHILE WE LOOK TO HONG KONG TO CONDUCT THEIR OWN NEGOTIATIONS ON COTTON TEXTILES, WE RETAIN ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY. THE APPARENT REFUSAL OF THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE STATISTICS IN ADVANCE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS CANNOT HELP TO BRING ABOUT A SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION TO THEM. THE COMMUNITY WILL BE AWARE THAT THIS MATTER IS ONE OF THE GREATEST IMPORTANCE TO HONG KONG IN TERMS OF THE CONTRIBUTION WHICH THE SALE OF TEXTILES MAKES TO THEIR GNP.
3. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT, AS A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE, AT A TIME WHEN WE ARE PRESSING THE AMERICANS TO REFRAIN FROM RESTRAINING TRADE ON NON-COTTON TEXTILES IN THE ADSENCE OF EVIDENCE OF INJURY: IT WOULD BE UNFORTUNATE IN THE FIELD OF COTTON TEXTILES FOR THE EEC TO SEEK TO EXTEND RESTRAINTS EXCEPT ON THE BASIS OF EVIDENCE OF DISRUPTION. PARTICULARLY AT THIS TIME, IT SEEMS IMPORTANT TO SHOW FULL REGARD FOR THE PRINCIPLES OF THE GATT AND
THE LTA
DOUGLAS-HOME
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
COMMODITIES DEPT. HONG KONG DEPT.
61
65
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION
HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL TRADI
COMITS TO :
VICHOLL
DI
G.
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