TNAG-0386-FCO40-432-Exports-of-non-cotton-textiles-from-Hong-Kong-to-the-EEC-1973 — Page 163

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CYPHER/CAT A

FM HONG KONG 311010Z

CONFIDENTIAL

(NEUTRAL)

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TO FLASH F C O TELNO 132 OF 31ST JANUARY, 1973, INFO FLASH UKREP BRUSSELS AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON INFO PRIORITY

BONN, THE HAGUE AND COPENHAGEN.

دم كسفه

seur ro DTI

Copes

YOUR TELEGRAM NO 103:

10 HKK 6/548/2 thias Lawnne

жибра

31/2

NON-COTTON TEXTILES AND EEC TEXTILES POLICY.

тап

EID

Reply

I AM MOST GRATEFUL FOR YOUR STRONG SUPPORT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND PARTICULARLY WITH THE GERMANS. IN THE FORTHCOMING MEETINGS SIN BRUSSELS AND COMMUNITY CAPITALS WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF THE FOLLOW-

ING ADDITIONAL POINTS COULD BE MADE:

(A) PARA. 2 OF UKREP BRUSSELS TELEGRAM 326 TO YOU SAYS ERNST

ASSERTED THAT NON-COTTON TEXTILES FROM HONG KONG WERE DISRUPT-

IVE AND THIS APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED IN PARA. 4(C)

OF YOUR TELEGRAM 103 TO ME. TO DATE WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY EVIDENCE WHATEVER OF INJURY, DAMAGE OR DISRUPTION IN THE GERMAN MARKET WHETHER CAUSED BY IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG OR BY ANY OTHER FACTORS. JORDAN REQUESTED EVIDENCE OF THIS OF FRIEDRICHS IN DECEMBER AND FOLLOWED UP WITH REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION OF THE GERMAN CONSUL-GENERAL IN HONG KONG BUT NO RECENT PRODUCTION AND OTHER STATISTICS HAVE BEEN MADE AVAILABLE. IF THERE IS ANY EVIDENCE OF INJURY, DAMAGE

?

OR DISRUPTION COULD THIS PLEASE BE SPECIFIED AND MADE KNOWN

TO US?

(B) WE DEMONSTRATED DURING OUR RECENT POLYESTER/COTTON NEGOTIATIONS

THAT THERE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN ANY DIVERSION OF MMF TEXTILES

FROM THE US MARKET BECAUSE :

(1) OUR US QUOTAS ARE NOT BEING FULLY UTILISED:

(11) US AND BRITISH (AS WELL AS CONTINENTAL) GARMENT SIZES

ARE DIFFERENT, AND GARMENTS PRODUCED FOR ONE MARKET ARE NOT READILY MARKETABLE IN THE OTHER: AND

THESE CONSIDERATIONS ARE EQUALLY APPLICABLE AS REGARDS ANY POSSIBLE DIVERSION OF POLYESTER/COTTON PRODUCTS FROM THE

BRITISH MARKET.

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