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FRIORITY HONG KONG TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
PRIORITY HONG KONG TELNO 47 TO TOKYO
CONFIDENTI AL 190823Z
9 OCTOBER 1970
ADDRESSED: TOKYO TELEGRAM 47 OF 9 OCTOBER RF1 FCO, WASHINGTON AND UKMIS GENEVA.
YOUR TELEGRAM 63 : HONG KONG MISSION TO JAPAN.
I AGREE THERE IS MERIT IN Y.K. KAN RAISING THE PROBLEM OF HONG KONG'S POSSIBLE EXCLUSION FROM THE JAPANESE PREFERENCE SCHEME WHEN HE CALLS ON JAPANESE MINISTERS, SUBJECT TO FCO'S VIEWS, THEREFORE, PLEASE BARN THE JAPANESE THAT KAN WILL PROBABLY RAISE THIS SUBJECT. 2. KAN WILL BE BRIEFED ON THE SUBJECT AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY S.W. LIM, A MEMBER OF THE COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT.
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3. KAN, ACCOMPANIED BY CATER, DIRECTOR OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MET M.L.T.1, PINISTER BRIEFLY ON 4 OCTOBER DURING A SHORT UHOFFICIAL VISIT THE LATTER MADE TO HONG KONG. THE SUBJECT OF PREFERENCES WAS HOT DIRECTLY RAISED ON THIS MAINLY SOCIAL OCCASION, BUT THE MINISTER SAID THAT HE WAS AWARE OF HONG KONG'S GENERAL CONCERN NOT TO BE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
(FCO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY TO TOKYO, WASHINGTON AND UKMIS GENEVA) SIR D. TRENCH
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