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(5) YOUR PARA. 5(11) NOTHING CAN BE RECALLED HERE TO SUPPORT
THE VIEW THAT OTHER GOVERNMENTS HOLD H M G RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG
KONG POLICIES IN THE COMMERCIAL FIELD.
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(6) PARA, 6. THE FIRST SENTENCE IS INFELICITOUS AND CERTAINLY
IT WOULD BE CRITICIZABLE HERE IN THIS FORM. IT APPEARS TO IMPLY
THAT H M G'S CONSTITUTIONAL POWER OVER THE AFFAIRS OF A
DEPENDENT TERRITORY CAN BE EXERCISED FOR THE BENEFIT OF
PARTICULAR U.K. INTERESTS, WHICH IS NOT SO.
7) PARA, 6(A). I HAVE NO DIFFICULTY IN AGREEING THAT, IF THE
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS TO BE FREE TO CONDUCT ITS OWN POLICY,
HONG KONG MUST ACCEPT THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN U.K. AND HONG KONG
SHOULD IN CONSEQUENCE BE ON THE SAME BASIS AS THOSE BETWEEN
TWO COUNTRIES IN NORMAL RELATIONSHIP.
INDEED, THIS IS ON THE WHOLE
NOT UNWELCOME, FOR IN COTTONS HONG KONG HAS RECEIVED LESS THAN GATT
TREATMENT (A PRACTICE WHICH, I WOULD ACCEPT, IS TO SOME EXTENT
JUSTIFIED BY HONG KONG'S PRESENT DUTY FREE ENTRY FOR COTTONS).
I SHOULD POINT OUT, HOWEVER, THAT, AS YOU ARE RESERVING YOUR
RIGHT TO INTERVENE (PARA. 7), THIS CONSEQUENTIAL SITUATION MUST
ALSO BE REGARDED AS CONDITIONAL.
(8) PARAGRAPH 6 (B). AS RECEIVED HERE, THE LAST SENTENCE
QUALIFIES ONLY (B). I PRESUME IT IS MEANT TO QUALIFY BOTH (A)
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AND (B). WOULD LIKE TO SEE INSERTED AFTER ADVICE OF THE in farm. 70%
GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG SOMETHING LIKE IN A FORM OF WORDS
AGREED WITH THE GOVERNOR'',
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