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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TEL NO 1451 OF 17 DECEMBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO KUALA LUMPUR.

M.I.P.T.

Į REFER TO YOUR AIDE MEMOIRE DATED 1.12.71 ON THE SUBJECT OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO MAINTAIN IN 1972 THE EXISTING QUANTITATIVE USTRICTIONS ON IMPORTS OF COTTON YARN AND WOVEN COTTON TEXTILES INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM IN ADDITION TO THE NEW TARIFF WHICH IS TO COME INTO EFFECT FROM 1.1.72.

2. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS TAKEN OUR TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS AND EXPORTERS DY SURPRISE PARTICULAPLY WHEN THE U.K. GOVERNMENT HAS MADE IT WIDELY KNOWN SINCE TWO YEARS AGO OF HER INTENTION TO DO AWAY WITH THE QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS. THIS CHANGE OF POLICY ON THE PART OF THE U.K. GOVERNMENT, TAKING PLACE 18 THE LAST

IN MONTH OF THE CUXIENT YEAR, HAS BROUGHT ABOUT SERIOUS DISRUPTIVE