DUĽU
CYPHER CAT A
CONFIDENTIAL
IMMEDIATE BRUSSELS
TO
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
IMMEDIATE BRUSSELS TELNO.19 TO HONG KONG
19 JUNE 1970
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ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG TEL NO. 19 OF 19 JUNE 1970 RFI ROUTINE TO FCO, PARIS, BONN, UXMIS GENEVA, UKDEL EEE C,
THE HAGUE AND ROME.
FROM DODGE.
COTTON TEXTILES: HK/EEC
YOUR TEL 5.
LALT
R:F-
REGISTRY
николе
RAVENNA HAS ADVISED ME THAT THE OFFICIAL EEC POSITION DOES NOT ALLOW OF THE PROVISION OF PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION STATISTICS. HE DOUBTED IF THE STATISTICS WERE EVEN AVAILABLE. HE IS UNDER CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS FROM ERNST IN THIS RESPECT. RAVENNA'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE OUTCOME OF THE MEETING WITH JORDAN ON THIS POINT IS QUITE DIFFERENT FROM GENEVA TEL 25. I GATHER THAT THAT
MEETING WAS A PRETTY STORMY ONE.
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2. RAVENNA MENTIONED THE POSSIBILITY OF OUR OBTAINING SOME GATT STATISTICS OURSELVES, AND ALSO ERNST'S SUGGESTION OF OUR SUPPLYING HONG KONG'S PRODUCTION FIGURES QUOTE FOR COMPARATIVE PURPOSES UNQUOTE. ON THE LATTER BASIS, RAVENNA THOUGHT THAT COMMISS- -ION'S PRESENT ATTITUDE ON NON-SUPPLY MIGHT JUST CONCEIVABLY
CHANGE.
3. IN MY VIEW WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET ANY RELEVANT PRODUCTION OR SONSUMPTION STATISTICS FROM THE EEC PRIOR TO THE TALKS AND WE MAY NOT GET THEM AS SUCH EVEN THERE. WE SHOULD RECONCILE
OURSELVES TO THIS. THE SPECIFIC CEILINGS WILL BE PROPOSED AT CERTAIN LEVELS ON THE BASIS OF INTERNAL EEC STATISTICS (WHICH MAY NEVER BE REVEALED TO US), OR ON TRADE FIGURES. RAVENNA IMPLIED THAT IN FACT THE CATEGORISATION AND CEILINGS HAD NOT YET BEEN
FIXED HERE.
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