CYPHER CAT 'A'
PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NO 658
CONFIDENTIAL
TOR
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
CATH OFFICE
29 SEPTEMBER 1975
CONFIDENTIAL 290845Z (NEUTRAL]
ADDRESSED FCO TELNO 653 OF 29 SEPTEMBER RFI UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS (FOR DODGE) UKMIS GENEVA (FOR JONES) AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
OFFICE LONDON
UKDEL EEC TELEGRAMS 400 AND 483 TO YOU.
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I AM GRATEFUL FOR MINISTER'S ASSISTANCE. COULD HE PLEASE
INDICATE TO HIJZEN WHEN THEY MEET THAT ASSUMING OTHER ASPECTS
CAN BE SATISFACTORILY SETTLED IN TIME, EITHER OF WEEK BEGINNING
19TH OR 26TH OCTOBER WOULD BE SUITABLE FROM OUR POINT OF VIEW FOR
SUBSTANTIVE NEGOTIATIONS?
2. WE ARE PREPARED TO SET ASIDE A FULL WEEK IN THE HOPE THAT A
CONCLUSION CAN BE REACHED. IF FOR ANY REASON THE COMMISSIONER
THINKS TWO SEPARATE SESSIONS MAY BE NECESSARY, WE WOULD HOPE THAT THESE COULD BE MANAGED IN CONSECUTIVE WEEKS, SINCE WE WOULD BE
RELUCTANT TO FACE A REQUEST TO SEND A DELEGATION TO BRUSSELS
YET AGAIN LATER IN THE YEAR.
(FCO PLAEASE PASS PRIORITY UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS-FOR DODGE ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA-FOR JONES AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON)
SIR D. TRENCH
REPEATED AS REQUESTED TO UKDEL EEC
AND UKMIS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION:
GENEVA]
H.K.D.
E.I.D.
COMMODITIES D.
CONFIDENTIAL
COPY :
HONG KONG GOVERMENT OFFICE,
54 PALL MALL. LONDON, S.V.1.
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