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PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NO 525
CONFIDENTIAL NEUTRAL/
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
10 AUGUST 1970
ADDRESSED TO FCO TELNO 525 OF 10 AUGUST. R.F.1. TO WASHINGTON AND UKMIS GENEVA.
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YOUR TELEGRAMS 514 AND 515: TEXTILES.
I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR PROPOSED DRAFT DESPATCH WHICH IN ITS
GENERAL TENOR AND EFFECT SUITS OUR NEEDS IN THE PRESENT SITUATION
VERY WELL. THE COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS WHICH FOLLOW LARGELY
RELATE TO GLOSS AND EMPHASIS.
2. ONE GENERAL POINT FIRST. WHILE I WELCOME THE PRESENT
PROPOSED DELEGATION IN THE SPECIFIC FIELD OF NON-COTTON TEXTILES,
BECAUSE OF THE URGENCY OF THE PRESENT PROBLEM, IT WOULD,
OF COURSE, BE UNFORTUNATE IF THE IMPLICATION AROSE THAT HONG
KONG REMAINS SUBJECT TO CLOSE DIRECTION IN ALL FIELDS EXCEPT
TEXTILES. IF, AS I PRESUME, IT IS NOT PROPOSED TO GIVE
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY SEPARATELY IN EACH FIELD AS IT ARISES,
PERHAPS NOW THAT IT IS INTENDED TO FORMALISE THESE ARRANGEMENTS
IN A DESPATCH SOME MORE GENERALISED AUTHORITY ON THE LINES OF
THE EARLIER CONCORDAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE. I SUGGEST
SUBSTITUTING AFTER HONG KONG IN THE FIRST SENTENCE **IN MATTERS
OF OVERSEAS TRADE, INCLUDING TEXTILES IN PARTICULAR'', STARTING
A NEW PARAGRAPH WITH FOR SOME YEARS' SEMICOLON AND ADDING
A NEW PARAGRAPH BETWEEN PARAS 6 AND 7 ON THE FOLLOWING LINES:- "SHOULD CONFIDENTIAL
R.EIVED IN REGISTRY No. 51 (1970
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