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OVER THESE YEARS, US INDUSTRY HAS CONSISTENTLY SECURED

AT LEAST 909 OF THE GROWTH IN US CONSUMPTION OF MMF SEMI COLON

(E) TOTAL IMPORTS OF (UNDERLINE NEXT TWO WORDS) MAN -MADE FIBRE PRODUCTS IN THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 1969 REPRESENTED ONLY 4.6%

CF US CONSUMPTION SEMI COLON 95.4% OF CONSUMPTION WAS SUPPLIED

BY DOMESTIC INDUSTRY SEMI COLON

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ALTHOUGH IMPORTS OF MMF GARMENTS HAVE CONTINUED TO INCREASE RAPIDLY (SOME PLAY CAN BE MADE WITH THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN COMMERCE'S AND AGRICULTURE'S FIGURES) IN (UNDERLINE NEXT WORD) QUANTITY, THE LATEST PRODUCTION INDICES THAT WE HAVE SEEN ARE HEALTHY, SALES AND PROFITS IN THE GARMENT INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN RAPIDLY INCREASING, AND THE RAPID GROWTH IN IMPORTS HAS CLEARLY BEEN PARTLY CAUSED BY THE INABILITY OF THE DOMESTIC INDUSTRY TO MEET DEMAND IN AN INFLATIONARY SITUATION.

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OTHER STATISTICAL INFORMATION ON TEXTILE IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG

IS CONTAINED IN PARAGRAPHS 1 4 OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT NOTE (MY TELEGRAM 794 OF 8TH OCTOBER 1959). AT THE DISCUSSIONS IN GENEVA ON 13TH OCTOBER 1969 THESE FIGURES WERE NOT QUESTIONED BY THE US DELEGATION, SOME OF THEM WERE, IN FACT, REVISED DOWNWARD IN FAVOUR OF HONG KONG.

SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, PARAGRAPHS 4 - 7 AND 11 32 OF THE DRAFT NOTE OF THE DISCUSSIONS OF 13TH OCTOBER 1969 HELD BY HERMANN,

8. ALL THE STATISTICS ARE TAKEN FROM OFFICIAL AMERICAN PUBLISHED SOURCES (DANIELS MAY HAVE SOME MORE UP TO DATE ONES).

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IN THE SPECIFIC FIELD OF IMPROVEMENTS IN LABOUR CONDITIONS

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