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TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TEL 0 3 OF 2 FEBRUARY,/ INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON (FOR SELLERS), UKMIS GENEVA (FOR PEARSON), BONN, THE HAGUE AND UKREP BRUSSELS.
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1. THE TEXT OF THE TELEPHONED NOTE VERBALE AND ENCLOSURES (WITHOUT, AT TIUS STAGE, THE CONVERSION FACTORS APPENDT) WAS IN THE HANDS OF THE FRO PERMANENT REPRESENTATION (BORUCKT, COUNSELLOR), OF THE COMMISSION (PAOLI, ERIST BEING IN SWITZERAND), AND UKREP (WICOLL) LAST NIGHT (FEBRUARY 1). THE MEETING OF THE TEXTILES WORKING GROUP IS SCHEDULED FOR 13 A.M. TODAY. I HAVE ALSO GIVEN FULL DETAILS TO FRIEDRICH AT LENGTH EARLY THIS MORNING ON THE TELEPHO E. THE TIMING HAS BEES VERY TIGHT INDEED.
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2. THE PERSONAL BEACTIONS OF BOTH FRIEDRICH AND PAOLI WERE ENCOURAGINGLY WARM. OUR ACTION WAS WELCOMED (WITH SOME RELIEF) AS A PRACTICAL PRACMATIC STEP TOWARDS SOLVING THE PRODLEMM FRIEDRICH SPOKE OF A BREATHING-SPACE AND HIS ABILITY NOW TO TAKE A MUCH MORE LIDERAL ATTITUDE AS HE HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO DO. CUR ''COOD MEASURE HAR REMOVED THE PRESSURE OF TIME AND GIVEN MIN TIME TO REFLECT ON THE VIDER ISSUES, HE DID NOT THINK THAT POSSIDE BENELUX WORRIED COMMENTS WOULD CARRY VERY MUCH WEICHT THIS MORNING. FRIEDRICH SEEMED RATHER LESS HAPPY ABOUT SOME OF THE DETAILS (ESPECIALLY THE PASE YEAR WE HAVE ADOPTED) BUT HE EXPRESSED FULL APPROVAL IN PRINCIPLE OF THE COMBINED LIMIT. IT IS TO HE HOPED THAT FRIEDRICH'S ATTITUDE WILL NOT CHANGE APPRECIABLY AFTER FURTHER STUDY AND REFLECTION, AND PLEASE SEE ALSO M IF T ON COTTON SHIPMENTS AND CONVERSION FACTORS, PASSED TO UKREP BRUSSELS.
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