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CODEL BRUSSELS TELEGRAM NO.CODEL 118 TO FCO.
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WE HOPED THAT THE COMMUNITY'S FURTHER CONSIDERATION WOULD
SOON LEAD TO THE OPENING OF DISCUSSION WITH US. SUCH DISCUSSION
WOULD CLEARLY NEED TO COVER THE TREATMENT OF HONG KONG
UNDER THE UNCTAD GENERALISED SCHEME OF PREFERENCES. WE HAD
ALREADY IN JULY GIVEN TO THE MEMBER STATES, TO THE COMMISSION AND TO THE COUNCIL SECRETARIAT AN (UNDERLINE NEXT TWO WORDS) AIDE MEMOIRE SETTING OUT A NUMBER OF REASONS FOR INCLUDING
HONG KONG IN THE GERERALISED SCHEME OF PREFERENCES. WE WERE
NOW ARRANGING FOR THIS DOCUMENT TO BE CIRCULATED TO THE
CONFERENCE. WE HOPED THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE FULL
AND EARLY CONSIDERATION TO THE ARGUMENTS PUT FORWARD IN THAT
DOCUMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR EXAMINATION OF HONG KONG'S
FUTURE RELATIONS WITH THE ENLARGED COMMUNITY, WE ON OUR SIDE
WOULD BE READY TO DISCUSS THESE QUESTIONS AS SOON AS THE
COMMUNITY WAS READY.
(11) GIBRALTAR, I SAID I WAS ALSO DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR THAT
THE COMMUNITY NEEDED FURTHER TIME TO CONSIDER THE CASE OF
GIBRALTAR WHICH WE HAD THOUGHT QUITE STRAIGHT FORWARD. WE .
HOPED THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE ABLE TO LET US HAVE CONFIRMATION
THAT THEIR UNDERSTANDING WAS THE SAME AS OURS WITH REGARD
TO THE INCLUSION OF GIBRALTAR UNDER ARTICLE 227:4. THERE
WOULD BE ADVANTAGE IF THE COMMUNITY COULD DO THIS AT THE
NEXT MEETING OF DEPUTIES ON 21 OCTOBER SO THAT THIS ISSUE
COULD BE SETTLED AT THE MINISTERIAL MEETING IN LUXEMBOURG
CM 27 OCTOBER.
(111) SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS IN CYPRUS. I ASAID THAT, FOLLOWING
THE APPROACH WHICH WE HAD ADOPTED IN 1962, IT WAS OUR INTENTION
TO PUT ON ONE SIDE THE QUESTION OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF OUR
SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS IN CYPRUS TO THE ENLARGED COMMUNITY
FOR THE MOMENT, AND TO ASK THAT IT SHOULD BE DEALT WITH IN
RELATION TO WHATEVER ARRANGEMENTS THE GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS
MIGHT SEEK IN ITS OWN RELATIONSHIP TO THE COMMUNITIES,
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