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ROUTINE UKDEL EC BRUSSELS
TELEGRAM NO. 384
CONFIDENTIAL.
NEUTRAL,
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
15 SEPTEMBER 1970
ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NO. 384 OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1979 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO WASHINGTON UKMIS GENEVA
UKDEL O E C D HONG KONG AND TOKYO.
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YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 114: GENERALISED PREFERENCES.
I SPOKE TO THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS AT THE EURO-
PEAN COMMISSION AS INSTRUCTED.
2. SIGRIST TOOK CAREFUL NOTE. HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE COMMUNITY
HAD NEITHER TAKEN NOR ANNOUNCED ANY DECISION TO EXCLUDE HONG KONG. BUT HE DID NOT KNOW WHEN HE WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO COMMENT ON THE AIDE MEMOIRE WHICH I HAD HANDED OVER ON 9 JULY OR ON THE REPRESENT-
ATIONS WHICH I HAD MADE TODAY.
3. I BELIEVE THAT THESE REPRESENTATIONS WERE WORTH MAKING: AND WE WILL TAKE EVERY SUITABLE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON SIMILAR LINES TO
THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIONS.
F C O PASS ROUTINE TO WASHINGTON UKMIS GENEVA UKDEL O E C D HONG
KONG AND TOKYO..
MR K C CHRISTOFAS
[REPEATED AS REGIUESTED]
INTERNATIONAL TRADE: DISERANG JACY
TRADE POL. DEPT
E. I.D.
H. K, DEPT.
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