should be flexibility about the arrangements to be applied in the case of international organisations, then I suggest the statement needs to be amended :-
5.
(a)
(b)
(c)
to restrict paragraphs 3 and 4 to bilateral discussions and negotiations;
to provide that special (but unspecified) arrangements will be made for the conduct of relations in multilateral discussions and international organisations;
to indicate that the "general principles" formulated in the rest of the statement are applicable in the context of both bilateral and multilateral relations.
Amendments to this end are set out in the attached draft letter to the Governor (Draft B) which I suggest might be circula ted to Mr. Hughes, Mr. Carey and Sir E. Melville for comment under cover of Draft A.
6.
There remains one further point Mr. Carey's request for the restoration of the words "as appropriate" in paragraph 4 of the statement. (These words were originally placed after the word "continue" and the full phrase read "as appropriate and in full consultation and association with HMG."). In my opinion any attempt to reinstate these words would arouse great suspicion in Hong Kong; is in any case unnecessary having regard to the purpose Mr. Carey appears to have in mind, i.e. to provide for the situation when it would be appropriate for HMG to take the lead in representing Hong Kong interests; and should be resisted for the reasons given in paragraph 3 of Draft A. The amendments we have now proposed should help to allay Mr. Carey's doubts.
7.
Commodities and Trade Policy Departments concur.
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