CYPHER/CATA
CONFIDENTIAL
IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 114
225
TO UKDEL EEC
14 SEPTEMBER 1970
(MT)
CONFIDENTIAL.
NEUTRAL.
ADDRESSED TO UKDEL BRUSSELS TELEGRAM NUMBER 114 OF 14 SEPTEMBER
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO UKDEL OECD UKMIS GENEVA GOVERNOR
KONG KONG WASHINGTON TOKYO.
YRTEL 378 (NOT TO ALL): GENERALISED PREFERENCES.
Í LAST
R: F
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THE BEST LINE TO TAKE WITH SIGRIST CONTINUES TO BE THE ADVANTAGE
FOR THE EEC OF DILUTING THE HONG KONG PROBLEM THROUGH GENERALISED
PREFERENCES RATHER THAN CONCENTRATING IT WITHIN THE ENLARGEMENT
NEGOTIATIONS. THIS ARGUMENT CAN BE STRENGTHENED BY DRAWING ON
FIGURES IN PARAGRAPH 1 OF UKMIS GENEVA (FROM JONES) TELNO 663 (NOT TO ALL).
2. WITH REFERENCE TO JONES' PARAGRAPH 3, WHAT WE REQUIRE FROM
THE EEC IS A DECLARATION IN AN APPROPRIATE INTERNATIONAL FORUM
THAT THEY WILL POSITIVELY INCLUDE HONG KONG, SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISO THAT A MAJOR DONOR SUCH AS THE US DOES LIKEWISE. THIS
WOULD BE AN ADVANCE FROM THE PRESENT SITUATION OF MAJOR DONORS
HOLDING BACK TO SEE IF OTHER DONORS INCLUDE HONG KONG IN WHICH
CASE THEY MIGHT FOLLOW SUIT.
13.
THE
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51
17 SEP 1970
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