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CYPHER/CAT A
ROUTINE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NO. 403
CONFIDENTIAL
TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG
16 JUNE 1979
(EID)
ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 433 OF 16 JUNE AND
TO GOVERNORS GIBRALTAR, FIJI, ST. HELENA, SEYCHELLES: HIGH COMMISSIONERS WESTERN PACIFIC, FALKLAND ISLANDS: BRITISH RESIDENT
COMMISSIONER NEW HEBRIDES: RESIDENT COMMISSIONER GILBERT AND
ELLICE ISLANDS COLONY, REPEATED FOR INFORMATION SAVING TO GOVERNORS, BAHAMAS, BERMUDA AND BRITISH HONDURAS: ADMINSTRATORS, TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS, MONTSERRAT AND CAYMAN ISLANDS
CONSULTATIONS WITH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES OVER NEGOTIATIONS FOR
BRITISH ENTRY TO THE E E C.
AS YOU WILL KNOW NEGOTIATIONS FOR OUR ENTRY INTO THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES WILL BEGIN THIS MONTH, THE NEGOTIATING POSITION WHICH
WE SHALL TAKE UP IS BROADLY THAT WHICH WE ADOPTED WHEN WE MADE OUR
APPLICATION IN 1967, AND IS SET OUT IN THE THEN FOREIGN SECRETARY, MR. GEORGE BROWN'S STATEMENT (CMND. 3345) TO THE W EU COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ON 4 JULY, 1967 (A COPY FOLLOWS BY BAG). WHILE IT IS OUR
WISH THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD CONCENTRATE ON THE MAJOR ISSUES
WHICH NEED TO BE RESOLVED, IT WOULD BE FOOLISH TO THINK THAT THE
NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE SHORT OR QUICKLY CONCLUDED,
2. THE NEGOTIATING POSITION WE ADOPTED IN 1967 IN RESPECT OF OUR DEPENDENT TERRITORIES WAS AS FOLLOWS: IN GENERAL WE HOPED THAT IT
WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THEM TO BECOME ASSOCIATED
WITH THE ENLARGED COMMUNITIES UNDER PART IV OF THE TREATY OF ROME.
THIS STILL HOLDS TRUE, AND WE SEE NO REASON TO SUPPOSE THAT THE
SIX WILL NOT AGREE TO THESE ARRANGEMENTS.
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