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As for the OECD developing countries r Miyazaki was quite categorical that Spain still davokod Article XXXV and that Graeco bad discriminatory quotes against Japan (as I believe Portugal has). From what he said it sounded es if only Turkey might conceivably qualify under the Japanese achome.
For the EEC Di Martino emphasised that the EEC had left no-one out in advance not even countries who did not recognise tho Community. On the other hand if the Japanese left out as beneficiaries countrics who had cnvoked Article XXV and the United Statos excluded a large number of countries who granted reverse proferences (as defined by the American) then this would make things very difficult for tho Community.
I merely said, of course, that our position was just what it always had been. Wo were genuinoly willing to grent proferences to eny bona fide applicant but that UK public opinion could not be expected to accopt a situation in which our list of beneficionies was significantly longer than those of other major donor countries.
I suggested at one point that we might at lenst bey Go como to an arrangement about the OFCD developing countries. Herbst agreed and argued that the Americans should not prose their revoran preference criterion against the OECD loss developed countries for whom it was not simply a question of renouncing; onc or two spacial preferences but of changing what Hierbot dogcribed ce a now orgonic relationship with the Community or with DPI as the c000 might be. Mr Cronk was not moved. I might add that the Spanish representatives came to soo Sir John Chodwick before fix frodo Committee meeting and we told them quite frankly thet we would find it very difficult to have a longer list of bonoficiertos thon pay the USA and that therefore we could not promise any thing.
Last, but of course not least, Hong Kong. Very littlo was said about Hong Kong oxcept that Di Martino coid to mo that this was a questi on that must be allowed to ripen (at losst I understood him to say "Miri", I hope it was not an Italian mispronunciation of "soul".
I also got from yazaki that the Japanese wore seriously reconsidering what to do about Hong Kong and from a conversation I had with Cronk end Foincillit it was evident that both of thon know of the kind of arrangement the Commission have currently under consideration.
As usual these are yet more straws in the wind and I would hesitate to make bricks out of them. There is a certain discrepancy between what Mr Endo told you and what Har Miyazaki said in Paris but this