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FM HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE, BRUSSELS
UNCLASSIFIED
TO IMMEDIATE F.C.O. TELEGRAM OF 1 DECEMBER 1977
HKK 121 सारारा
121/616/1 agree ith Idi FID (E)
INFO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR HONG KONG, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
LONDON, PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA (FOR TSAO)
FROM JORDAN, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE.
HONG KONG/EEC TEXTILES.
1. WE ARE, IT SEEMS, NOW CLOSE TO A QUALIFIED AGREEMENT,
QUALIFIED BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME ELEMENTS IN THE PACKAGE THAT WE
ARE NOT PREPARED TO SAY ARE PART OF A MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION*
NOR JOINTLY AGREED REASONABLE DEPARTURES FROM THE MFA.
2.
OUR PRINCIPAL OBJECTIONS ARE, AS YOU KNOW, TO THE CUTBACKS
ON COTTON FABRICS (AND NOW, IN ADDITION, TO THE PROPOSAL FOR
INTERNAL LIMITS FOR COTTON AND SYNTHETIC FABRICS THAT IS STILL ON
THE TABLE), WOVEN TROUSERS AND SHIRTS, WHICH ARE, IN OUR VIEW,
IRRECONCILABLE WITH THE MFA. THIS IS INEVITABLE, GIVEN THAT THEY
DERIVE FROM THE COMMUNITY'S REDISTRIBUTION' POLICY, FOR WHICH
THERE IS NO COVER IN THE MFA.
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3. THERE IS ALSO ONE OTHER CATEGORY (KNITTED UNDERWEAR) IN WHICH THE COMMUNITY IS SEEKING A SHARP REDUCTION BUT THIS IS, WE BELIEVE,
A PLAIN CUTBACK (IE. NOT FOR REDISTRIBUTION) AT THE INSTIGATION OF
THE BENELUX.
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