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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE REGISTRY No. 45
NG KONG TELNO.5 TO BRUSSELS
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[NEUTRAL]
18 JUNE, 1970
JUN1970.
ADDRESSED TO AMBASSADOR BRUSSELS TELEGRAM NUMBER 5 OF 18 JUNE
RF IF.C.0. PARIS, THE HAGUE, RONE, UKMIS GENEVA, DOWN AND UKDEL
EEC.
Renry This shl. be
YOUR TELEGRAM 18: COTTON TEXTILES : HONG KONG /EEC,
46
with HKD
PLEASE ASK RAVENNA FOR THE PRODUCTION STATISTICS WHICH ERNST
Dar 1916.
WAS REPORTED (UKMIS GENEVA TELEGRAM 25) AS HAVING INSTRUCTED HIM
TO PROVIDE AND PLEASE REMIND RAVENNA WE ALSO REQUESTED CONSUMPTION
STATISTICS.
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REF.
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2. DOES THE HOPE EXPRESSED THAT NEGOTIATIONS MAY BE COMPLETED
AT THE LATEST BY THE END OF JULY'' MEAN THAT ERNST'S MID-JULY
DEADLINE YOU REFERRED TO IN PARA. 2 OF YOUR TELEGRAM 11 NO LONGER
APPLIES? WE HAVE NOW INADEQUATE TIME FOR PREPARATION AFTER WE RECEIVE
THE REQUEST, EVEN IF THE FULL STATISTICS ARE PROVIDED PROMPTLY,
TO START RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY. WE ALSO HAVE TO FIT
IN OTHER COMMITMENTS.
3. COULD RAVENNA INDICATE INFORMALLY HOW FLEXIBLE THEY ARE ON
DATES IN JULY? IT IS HARD TO ESTIMATE HOW LONG NEGOTIATIONS
MIGHT TAKE, NOT TO MENTION SUB-NEGOTIATIONS ON ADMINISTRATIVE
DETAILS WITH MEMBER STATES, BUT WE WOULD WANT TO SET ASIDE AT
LEAST A WEEK FOR THE FORMER TO ALLOW FOR REFERENCE BACK FOR
INSTRUCTIONS.
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