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The discussions were held in the
Commonwealth Office and the chair was taken
by Sir Arthur Snelling, Deputy Under-Secretary
of State, who accompanied the Secretary of
State (Mr. Bowden) on his recent visit to
Hong Kong. They were attended by officials
from the main economic departments in Whitehall.
2.
The discussions had three purposes:
(a)
to inform the Hong Kong side of the
present state of play of the British
application and the likely tine-table
during the next few months;
(b)
to examine the possible implications
(c)
3.
of full British Membership of the European
Economic Community for Hong Kong;
possible ways in which It's exertion to explore the various ways in which
inters's could brat be refignardi's doing in
Hong Kong's trading interests could best negotiations with the fix.
berotected durin and after the
forthcoming negotiations with the ix,
The discussions la ted three days and
covered the ground in considerable detail.
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