GRS 330 IMMEDIATE
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FM DUBLIN 281818Z
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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 554 OF 3 NOV/INFO ROME THE HAGUE UKREP
BRUSSELS AND GOVERNOR HONG KONG.
YRTEL 253 AND HONG KONG TELNO 1121
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FOOTWEAR PREFERENCES FOR HONG KONG RE:
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THE MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE WAS OUT OF DUBLIN TODAY AND WILL NOT BE BACK UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. I ACCORDINGLY SAW THE SECRETARY OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE THIS AFTERNOON, ACCOMPANIED BY THE HEAD OF MY COMMERCIAL DEPT.
2. WE EMPHASISED BOTH THE IMPORTANCE WE ATTACH TO THIS AND THE MINIMAL SIZE OF THE PROBLEM SO FAR AS THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND IS CONCERNED, WE ALSO MADE THE POINTS II PARAS 4,5 AND 6 OF YOUR T U R. O'SLATTARA MADE ONLY A HALF-HEARTED ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY THE REPUBLIC'S OPPOSITION IN TERMS OF THE IMPACT THIS CONCESSION COULD HAVE ON THE REPUBLIC'S MARKET, HE ADMITTED THAT THE REAL DIFFICULTY FOR THE IRISH GOVT IS POLITICAL: THEIR FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY IS GOING THROUGH A DIFFICULT PERIOD, THE INDUSTRY IS IN MILITANT MOOD AND CLAMOURING FOR PROTECTION, AND HOWEVER SMALL THE ACTUAL EFFECT OF Y CONCESSION MIGHT BE, THE POLITICAL EFFECT COULD BE CONSIDERABLE.
3. AT THE SAME TIME AS WE WERE SPEAKING TO OʻSLATTARA MY HEAD OF CHANCERY WAS MAKING SIMILAR REPRESENTATIONS TO THE ACTING HEAD OF ECONOMIC DIVISION IN THE DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, OFCEALLAIGI TOLD DALY THAT HIS DEPT'S BRIEF TO THE MINISTER FOR COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY HAD USED SIMILAR ARGUMENTS TO THOSE WE WERE PUTTING FORWARD, BUT THE MINISTER HAD REJECTED THEM. HE WAS, SAID O’CEALLAIGH, COUNTING NEGATIVE VOTES IN THE DAIL,
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