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CYPHER CAT/A
PRIORITY CODEL BRUSSELS
TELEGRAM NO CODEL 118
CONFIDENTIAL.
FRAME.
15/1146Z
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE,
DATED 15 0CTOBER 1973.
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ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NO
CODEL 118 CF 15 OCTOBER 1970 AND REPEATED FOR INFORMATION
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TO BONN THE HAGUE LUXEMBOURG PARIS ROME WASHINGTON UKMIS GENEVA
OSLO COPENHAGEN DUBLIN GOVERNOR GIBRALTAR AND GOVERNOR HONG KONG
AND SAVING TO BERNE HELSINKI LISBON STOCKHOLM VIENNA REYKJAVIK OTTAWA CANBERRA WELLINGTON ST LUCIA BRIDGETOWN
GEORGETOWN KINGSTON PORT OF SPAIN ANTIGUA ST VINCENT ATHENS
ANKARA NICOSIA AND BRUSSELS.
ENLARGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
MEETING OF DEPUTIES: 14 OCTOBER.
DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.
SACHS MADE A BRIEF STATEMENT SETTING OUT THE COMMUNITY'S
REACTION TO OUR PROPOSAL THAT OUR LISTED DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
SHOULD BE HANDLED UNDER PART IV OF THE TREATY AND THAT
GIBRALTAR WAS COVERED BY ARTICLE 227:4. HE SAID THAT, IN PRINCIPLE, THE COMMUNITY WAS PREPARED TO TREAT THE U.K.'S
DEPENDENT TERRITORIES ON THE SAME BASIS AS THE SIX'S OWN
DEPENDENT TERRITORIES. BECAUSE OF ITS ECONOMIC SITUATION AND EXPORT TRADE, THE COMMUNITY DID NOT REGARD HONG KONG AS BEING COMPARABLE WITH THE OTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORIES AND CONSIDERED
IT TO BE A SPECIAL PROBLEM FOR STUDY, THE COMMUNITY RESERVED
THE RIGHT TO EXAMINE OUR LIST OF DEPENDENT TERRITORIES MORE CLOSELY
WITH A VIEW TO DETERMINING WHETHER, IN ADDITION TO HONG KONG,
THERE WERE OTHER TERRITORIES WHICH MIGHT GIVE RISE TO PROBLEMS.
WHEN THEY REACHED CONCLUSIONS ON THIS POINT, AS WELL AS ON HONG KONG, THEY WOULD DISCUSS THE QUESTION FURTHER WITH US. ON GIBRALTAR THEY MUST, FOR THE MOMENT, RESERVE THEIR ANSWER BUT WOULD TRY TO GIVE A REPLY AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
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