CYPHER CAT A AND BY BAG.
CONFIDENTIAL
ROUTINE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 758
CONFIDENTIAL 161400Z.
TOP COPY
TO HONG KONG
3?
16 NOVEMBER 1970.
(HKD)
NEUTRAL.
ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 758 OF 16 NOVEMBER
REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO WASHINGTON AND SAVING TO UKDEL TO EEC
CODEL BRUSSELS TOKYO AND UKMIS GENEVA.
WASHINGTON TEL TO FCO NO. 3267.
GENERALISED PREFERENCES.
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AS MARSHALL GREEN WAS KNOWN TO BE GOING ON HOLIDAY IMMEDIATELY
AFTER OUR TALKS WE MADE OUR DETAILED REPRESENTATIONS TO JENKINS, GIVING HIM A NOTE OF WHICH THE TEXT FOLLOWS BY BAG. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TALKS, HOWEVER, WE EMPHASISED TO GREEN THE IMPORTANCE WE ATTACHED TO HONG KONG RECEIVING FAIR TREATMENT UNDER THE SCHEME.
GREEN MADE CLEAR THAT IN TALKING TO HIM AND JENKINS WE WERE
PREACHING TO THE CONVERTED. JENKINS UNDERTOOK TO MAKE KNOWN OUR
STRONGLY EXPRESSED VIEWS TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT AND OTHERS ON
HIS RETURN TO WASHINGTON.
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