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30th November 1982

Dear Jolin,

INDUSTRY AND TRADE COMMITTEE

Less than a week after my Committee's informal private meeting with you we met Bill Dorward, the Secretary for Trade and Industry in the Hong Kong Government. to be given by him a rebuttal of some of the points you had

We were astonished made at our private meeting the previous week. his argument was that in four out of five sensitive categories

The burden of of clothing Hong Kong's average unit prices were higher than those of the USA.

We were concerned less about the substance of the argument important although that is -- of confidentiality relating to our private proceedings at

than about the breach Westminster. We take a serious view of the disclosure to third parties of the private proceedings of the House's Committees, which is quite contrary to the House's rules and practices.

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