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SWEDEN WILL, EVEN IF THEY AGREE A DEAL, WISH FORMALLY TO RECORD
THEIR DISAGREEMENT WITH THE INJURY CRITERIA BEING APPLIED BY THE SWEDES, PARTICULARLY THE USE BEING MADE OF DEFENCE POLICY AND THE REFUSAL TO RECOGNISE THE EFFECT OF COMPETING IMPORTS FROM OTHER SUPPLIERS. WITH REGARD TO ROLL-IN, WE WOULD HOPE THAT YOUR NEGOTIATORS COULD CONFINE THEMSELVES TO AN ARRANGEMENT TO BE CALLED A COMBINED QUOTA, WHICH WOULD BE LIMITED TN EACH CASE TO A SINGLE MARKET AND PRODUCTION ITEM, SUCH AS WOVEN DRESS SHIRTS, WHERE THERE WAS A DAMAGE CASE IN THE ITEM TAKEN AS. A WHOLE WITH A FALLING MARKET IN THE COTTON AREA AND A RISING MARKET IN A DIRECTLY COMPETITIVE NON-COTTON FIBRE, WE WOULD HOPE ALSO THAT YOUR NEGOTIATORS COULD CONFINE ANY AGREEMENT ON SWING EITHER TO THE SAME CRITERIA AS SET OUR ABOVE FOR A COMITINED QUOTA OR, IF THEY FELT THEY HAD TO BRING IN DIFFERENT MARKET ITEMS, TO ITEMS WHERE THERE WAS IN EACH AND EVERY CASE A REASONABLE DAMAGE CASE FOR
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5. SUBJECT TO PARAGRAPH 4 ABOVE, MCENERY, WHO WE PROPOSE SHOULD ATTEND THE NEGOTIATIONS AS H.M.G.'S REPRESENTATIVE, WILL BE AUTHORISED, SHOULD YOUR NEGOTIATORS WISH TO DO A DEAL, TO SAY THAT HMG WILL NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF ANY AGREEMENT ACCEPTED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. HOWEVER, FOR THE RECORD, HE WILL GO ON TO SUPPORT ANY DISAGREEMENT BY YOU WITH THE INJURY CRITERIA USED BY THE SWEDES AND TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE ATTACHED BY HMG TO A PROPER REGARD FOR THE PRINCIPLES OF ARTICLE XIX OF THE GATTI. HE WILL ADD AS APPROPRIATE THAT HMG IS TAKING THIS POSITION TO PRESERVE THE IMMEDIATE INTERESTS OF HONG KONG KNOWING THAT IN PRACTICE THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CHANGE THEIR
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