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TENDS TO CONCENTRATE VERY MUCH ON THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS
FOR INDUSTRIAL POLICY OF WHICH HE IS THE PRIME AUTHOR. HE DELEGATES A GREAT DEAL OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR EXTERNAL QUESTIONS AFFECTING HIS DIRECTORATE GENERAL TO FERNAND BRAUN, AN EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT LUXEMBOURGER WHO IS HIS DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL, WHO TRAVELS A LOT AND WHOM IT WOULD BE VALUABLE TO INVITE. 5. I HAVE DELIBERATELY NOT PROPOSED WELLENSTEIN THE DIRECTOR GENERAL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENLARGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS, OR ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF HIS TASK FORCE BECAUSE I THINK IT INCONCEIVABLE THAT THEY WOULD ACCEPT SUCH AN INVITATION. FIRSTLY THEY COULD NOT BE SPARED FROM BRUSSELS DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS. AND SECONDLY THE PRECEDENT OF ACCEPTING AN INVITATION WOULD EXPOSE THEM TO SO MANY INVITATIONS FROM SO MANY COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES THAT THEIR POSITION WOULD BECOME IMPOSSIBLE.
6. IN ORDER TO DIVERSIFY THE INVITATIONS AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED WITH HONG KONG AFFAIRS, I WOULD OFFER ONE OTHER NAME, THAT OF HAFERKAMP A (GERMAN) VICE PRESIDENT
OF THE COMMISSION. HE LIKES TRAVELLING AND HAS SYMPATHY WITH THE AIMS AND ASPIRATIONS OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD. SINCE THE
COMMISSION ACTS COLLEGIALLY BY SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE, IT WOULD BE VALUABLE FOR HONG KONG TO HAVE A FRIEND AT COURT AND, HAFERKAMP, IF ENCOURAGED, COULD POSSIBLY BE BROUGHT TO FILL
THIS BILL.
FCO PLEASE PASS ROUTINE TO HONG KONG AND SAVING TO BONN THE
HAGUE LUXEMBOURG PARIS ROME AND UKMIS GENEVA.
COPY PASSED SAVING TO BRUSSELS.
M. CHRISTOFAS.
DEPARTMENTAL DISTRIBUTION
E.I.D.
E.C.I.U.
H.K.D.
W.E.D.
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