CYPHER CAT A & BY BAG
PRIURITY CODEL BRUSSELS
TELEGRAM NC. CODEL 135
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
7 OCTOBER 1972.
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ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NO. CODEL 135
CF 7 OCTOBER 1973 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO WASHINGTON UKMIS
GENEVA HONGKONG TOKYO UKDEL C.E.C.D. AND BRUSSELS.
UKHIS GENEVA TEL. NO. 735.
UNCTAD PREFERENCES: HONG KONG
WE WOULD BE RELUCTANT TO TAKE THIS QUESTION UP YET AGAIN WITH THE
COMMISSION SO SOON AFTER MINISTER SPOKE AT LENGTH TO THE
TWO DIRECTORS-GENERAL MOST DIRECTLY CONCERNED WITH THE UNCTAD
PREFERENCE SCHEME AND THESE REPRESENTATIONS WERE REITERATED TO
ONE OF THEM IN LONDON ON 24 SEPTEMBER. MOREOVER, IF TRAN IS RIGHT,
AND HE HAS PROVED A REASONABLY ACCURATE REPORTER IN THE PAST, WE
ARE NOW FACED WITH FIRM OPPOSITION FROM THE MEMBER STATES: AND
THE COMMISSION ARE LIKELY TO SHELTER BEHIND THIS.
2. WE WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THEREFORE THAT NO FURTHER ACTION SHOULD
BE TAKEN IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING OF DEPUTIES ON 14 OCTOBER.
WE HAVE PRESSED THAT OUR PAPER ON DEPENDENT TERRITORIES SHOULD BE DIXCUSSED ON THAT CCCASION AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL THEN SAY THAT THEY CANNOT AGREE TO PART 1V ASSOCIATION FOR HONG KONG. IF THEY DO, WE COULD IMMEDIATELY RESPOND WITH A REASONED STATEMENT ON THE DESIRABILITY OF CONTRIBUTING TO A SOLUTION OF HONG KONG 'S PROBLEMS ARISING FROM ENLARGEMENT BY INCLUDING HER IN THE UNCTAD PREFERENCE SCHEME, CONCLUDING WITH A PLEA THAT THE COMMUNITY, KHILE CANSIDERING THIS POINT, SHOULD TAKE NO ACTION TO EXCLUDE HONG KONG.
F C C PLEASE PASS PRIORITY TO WASHINGTON UKNIS GENEVA HONG KONG AND ROUTINE TO TOKYO AND SAVING TO UKDEL O.E.c.3.
COPIES PASSED TO BRUSSELS.
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