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3.
I have not had time to study this at this
stage.
Plse put-it-ups
I.d.c.
ut to draw aznalsaions
aisatuoions with long long
frieials,
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it scamo generally agreed that the principal damage to Mong Fong which might resalt from our joining the Comson Market
would not derive
British mkot r
plisation of the CET. Homotedly womanffoot hor traio in
might well reduce the profitability of some of her industries. But, if we may judge from Hong long's perfortance in the
norioan and corun narrate, this is not likely to be an ovar whelming disadvantage.
3. A sore likely danger is that quote restrictions on long
roduood,
axtended m
oodling for cotton textllos would
Secondly, products not at present on quota would be
restricted. This might be matched by the inability either of liong long or of ourselves to do anything about it. In parti- allus. liang on
a mo have no nano
Indmady ratoves the lazal position might boy it
we could attaon the community
Hong Kong'a only resedy would
antovor interios could apply inatio
Community for more liboxal polialon, and tips coo
1n the GABA
pressure might be.
It is charly very difficult to any anything useful
only
about co
sot know what
the U.f.'s policy will be post-1970 avwa if we do not join the
Common
mat apart from action textiles, it seems pretty Koolaalori tht
out for tat aaxing for any aprclel consona
negotiations with the C.
lf Hong Kong officials, who have
had good den of cordance in negotiating with the comunity,
oonolder thes it would be counter-prodotivo to sak for auon
oonoosaloon. I would be nulland to accept thole whois
5.
doro of tours art frun tay bonono
ton Bone young nghit dorino
some genetni osnesssion
decalage applied to all Cesconsseãth countries), thros possible
alleriation of th
t: sortt further consis
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