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COULD CAUSE DIFFICULTIES TO JAPANESE MANUFACTURERS APART FROM

TEXTILES. HE REFUSED TO BE DRAWN ON WHICH ITEMS THESE WERE,

APART FROM SAYING THAT THEY WERE QUOTE SUNDRY GOODS UNQUOTE.

HE PROFESSED TO SEE DIFFICULTIES DESPITE WAKEFIELDS SUGGESTION

THAT THE FIFTY PERCENT TARIFF QUOTA LIMITATION WOULD PROVIDE

A SUFFICIENT SAFEGUARD FOR JAPANESE DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.

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4. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WAKEFIELD DID NOT FLOAT THE IDEA OF

THE INCLUSION OF HONG KONG FOR ITEMS OTHER THAN TEXTILES.

F C O PL PASS GOVERNOR HONG KONG WASHINGTON UKMIS GENEVA.

UKDEL BRUSSELS.

SIR J.PILCHER

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND

POLITICAL DISTRIBUTION:

E.I.D.

H.K.D.

F.E.D.

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ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION:

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