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HAMED LATE UKMIS GENEVA
ISMMEDIATE UKNIS GENEVA TEL NO. 34
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEAĽTE OFFICE TO HONG KONG, 21 JULY 1970*
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ADDSO TO HONG KONG TELNO. 34 OF 21 JULY REPTD FOR INFMN PRIORITY
TO FCO, H X GOVT OFFICE LONDON, BRUSSELS (FOR DODGE) AND
UKDEL EC AND SAVING TO BONN, THE HAGUE, PARIS AND ROME.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 18
COTTON TEXTILES: HONG KONG/EEC
FOUR POWER TALKS HAVE NOW BEEN POSTPONED TO 31 JULY/1
AUGUST, ERNST HAS TOLD DODGE THAT HE AGREES TO FIRST ROUND OF
NEGOTIATIONS WITH HONG KONG IN GENEVA ON 29/30 JULY, HE WILL NOT
BE AVAILABLE DURING AFTERNOON OF 30TH.
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2. HE HAS ALSO HANDED OVER PROMISED ADDITIONAL MATERIAL,
COPIES OF WHICH HAVE BEEN POSTED TO YOU, STATISTICS SEEM AT
FIRST GLANCE TO BE VERY THIN AND CONFINED TO IMPORTS FROM HONG
KONG: THERE IS NO ELABORATION ON DRAFT OUTLINE AGREEMENT
ALREADY PROVIDED AND NO PROPOSALS FOR SPECIFIC CATEGORIES WHICH
ARE TO BE LEFT FOR NEGOTIATION: BUT THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL
SIDE LETTERS ON PERIPHERAL POINTS.
3. AS ERNST WILL BE IN PARIS FROM WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK I WILL
CALL ON RAVENNA IN BRUSSELS ON MY WAY BACK FROM LONDON TO
FINALISE LOGISTICAL DETAILS.
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