TNAG-0299-FCO40-335-Entitlement-of-Hong-Kong-to-generalized-tariffs-preferences--1971 — Page 150

PRIORITY

CYPHER CAT/A

FM HONG KONG

CONFIDENTIAL

/NEUTRAL/

PR

RECHVE

CONVENTIAL

REGISTRY No.51

19h1971

FKKG/1

TO PRIORITY F.C.O. TELEGRAM NO.328 OF 17 MAY 1971 INFO PRIORITY TOKYO AND WASHINGTON (FOR HERMANN).

TOKYO TELEGRAM NO. 364 TO YOU.

*

LAST

REF.

NEXT

REF.

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I AM GRATEFUL FOR TOKYO'S CONTINUED EFFORTS AND SUPPORT THE

RECOMMENDATION IN PARAGRAPH 6 OF THEIR TELEGRAM . THE ONLY

MODIFICATION I WOULD REQUEST IS THE DELETION OF THE REFERENCE (LAST SENTENCE) ''REAL BENEFITS WOULD ACCRUE TO HONG KONG''.

IT HAS BEEN OUR CONSISTENT CLAIM THAT WE DO NOT SEEK BENEFITS

FROM NEW PREFERENCES BUT MERELY WISH NOT TO BE DISCRIMINATED

AGAINST.

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2. I SUGGEST THAT INSTEAD SOME REFERENCE MIGHT BE MADE TO

THE FACT THAT TARIFF QUOTAS AND SAFEGUARD MEASURES SHOULD

ENSURE ADEQUATE CONTAINMENT OF ANY HEIGHTENING OF HONG KONG'S

COMPETITIVE POSITION IN SENSITIVE SECTORS SEMICOLON BUT THAT

DISCRIMINATION IN FAVOUR OF CLOSE COMPETITORS COULD HAVE A VERY

ADVERSE REPEAT ADVERSE EFFECT ON HONG KONG TRADE.

3. IT SEEMS, INCIDENTALLY, THAT OHTAKA WAS BEING DISINGENUOUS WHEN QUOTING KOREAN EXCLUSIONS (PARAGRAPH 3). THE PRODUCTS LISTED

RAW SILK, SILK FABRICS AND PLYWOOD ALL APPEAR IN ANNEX 11 TO

THE JAPANESE 0.E.C.D. SUBMISSION AS TOTAL EXCLUSIONS FROM THE

SCHEME.

TRENCH

/REPEATED AS REQUESTED,

INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION

TPD

FED

HKD

N AM D

CONFIDENTIAL

if 1915

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