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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
27th October 1970.
for WRITTEN answer on
The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary Office through your Under-Secretary by
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La/Co. Mr. John Rankin (Glasgow, Govan): To ask the
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether, in the negotiations for Great Britain to become a member of the European Economic Community, he will propose that Hong Kong should automatically acquire associate membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
association
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HMG have proposed letter for Hong Kong as for other dependent territories under Part IV of the Treaty of Rome, but Hon. Members will recall the
Community''s attitude to Hong Kong in the course of the 1961 negotiations.tid nut
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association,
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HMG have proposed association for Hong Hong as for
other dependant territories under Part IV of the Treaty
of Rome, as a means of making adequate provision for
Hong Kong's interests. The Community have however said
that they will wish the question of Hong Kong to bo
discussed separately from that of other depondent
territories. HMG is purusing the question of the
relationship of Hong Kong with the Community in full
consultation with the Hong Kong Government.