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CYPHER/CAT A
BRUSSELS TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
BRUSSELS TELEGRAM NO.49 TO HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL [NEUTRAL] FOLLOWING FROM DODGE.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO.B 25.
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4 DECEMBER 1968
I HAD COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSION BUT RUMOUR HERE NOW HAS IT THAT EVENTS ARE TAKING THE OPPOSITE TURN. THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT THE CPR HAS REACHED FINAL AGREEMENT ON THE DRAFT COMBINED REGULATIONS ON THE CCP (WITH THE COMMISSION'S COMPROMISE DEFERRING APPLICATION IN RESPECT OF EASTERN EUROPE INCORPORATED) AND THAT THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS MAY ACTUALLY APPROVE THEM AT ITS FEETING NEXT WEEK. NO DOUBT THIS CHANGE OF FACE IS A RESULT OF CONSIDERABLE COMMISSION PRESSURE FOR A JOINT FRONT AS A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES. IF SO, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF PUBLICITY FOR THE NEW REGULATIONS BUT THE VIEW HERE IS THAT EVEN IF ENACTED THEY WILL LIE DORMANT FOR SOME TIME TO COME AND NOT BE PUT TO EARLY USE.
FCO PLEASE PASS GOVERNOR HONG KONG AS MY TELEGRAM NO.49 OF 4 DEC.
SIR R. BARCLAY
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED).
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION:
HONG KONG DEPT
WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPT
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- 5DEC 1986
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