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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
IMMEDIATE HONG YONG TEL NO.18
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TO UKMIS GENEVA, 20 JULY 1970
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CONFIDENTIAL
ADDRESSED UKMIS GENEVA (FOR JONES) TELNO. 18 OF 29TH JULY RFI
FCO, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT LONDON OFFICE, BRUSSELS (FOR DODGE),
UKDEL EEC, AND SAVING TO BONN, THE HAGUE, PARIS AND ROME.
YOUR TELEGRAM 33.
COTTON TEXTILES: HONG KONG/EEC.
LAOT
REF.
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NEXT
29)
BRUSSELS TELEGRAM 25 ONLY RECEIVED 18TH AND UKDEL EEC TELEGRAM
319 TO FCO STILL AWAITED.
INFORM HIM
2. IN VIEW OF THE FIRST ROUND' CONCEPT I ACCEPT YOUR ADVICE
THAT WE SHOULD CONFIRM 29/30 JULY, PREFERABLY IN GENEVA,
ALTHOUGH NOT YET HAVING SEEN THE UKDEL EEC REPORT OF ERNST'S
REACTION I AM AT A DISADVANTAGE. DODGE'S HOSPITALISATION IS
IMMINENT SO COULD YOU PLEASE CONFIRM WITH ERNST.
THAT THE HONG KONG TEAM WILL BE LED BY W. DORWARD, AND WILL
INCLUDE YOURSELF, L.M. SOUZA AND F. YEUNG, TRADE OFFICERS.
THE NEED FOR INDUSTRIAL ADVISERS AT THIS STAGE SEEMS DOUBTFUL
BUT THE TEXTILES ADVISORY BOARD WILL BE CONSULTED ON 23RD JULY,
3. I SHALL RESERVE FURTHER COMMENT UNTIL UKDEL EEC TELEGRAM 319
IS RECEIVED.
RECEIVED IN
REGISTRY No.51
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