TNAG-0332-FCO40-368-Visits-of-Secretary-of-State-for-Foreign-and-Commonwealth-Af-1972 — Page 158

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EN CLAIR

FM HONG KONG

UNCLASSIFIED

TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO BIS 12 OF 15 FEBRUARY

BIS 12/72 CONFERENCE NINE STOP ALL THEREFORE THE CONS-

EQUENCES ON HONG KONG IN THE LONG TERM AND SO EYE REGRET

THE PRESENT SITUATION AND DIFFICULTY THAT WAS CAUSED STOP

AND EYE THINK THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION DASH WHY SO

QUICKLY DASH WAS THAT IT

BECAME VERY CLEAR QUITE QUICKLY THAT BIG ORDERS

VERE BEING PLACED AND EYE SAY NOT IN HONG KONG BUT FROM.

OTHER TERRITORIES THAT WOULD UPSET MARKET COMPLETELY

AND MIGHT HAVE HAD VERY SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS ON THE LONG

HYTHEN TERII ARRANGEMENT OF QUOTAS STOP UNQUOTE PARA

ASKED WHETHER THE SUBJECT OF

TEXTILES WAS RAISED AT HIS MEETING WITH UUU MMM EEE 11!

LLL 000 MEMBERS COMMA SIR ALEX SAID COLON QUOTE IT

CAME UP CERTAINLY AS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT

IN FUTURE OF HONG KONG STOP EYE DO NOT THINK

WE DID TALK VERY MUCH ABOUT THE PAST EXCEPT TO

/MAKE POINTS

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