CYPHER/CAT A
ROUTINE HONG KONG
35
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 475
17 JULY 1970
CONFIDENTIAL
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YOUR TELEGRAM 4934 CONSULTATIONS FOR BRITISH ENTRY INTO E E C.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS IN THE PRESS OF BRIEFINGS GIVEN TO COMMON-
WEALTH REPRESENTATIVES IN BRUSSELS FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF
NEGOTIATIONS AND IN LONDON TO REPRESENTATIVES OF COMMONWEALTH
COUNTRIES NOT REPRESENTED IN BRUSSELS,
I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL
IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER INVITING EITHER HONG KONG'S ADMINISTRATIVE
COMMISSIONER IN LONDON OR COMMERCIAL COUNSELLOR IN BRUSSELS OR
BOTH TO ATTEND THESE BRIEFINGS, IN ADDITION TO ANY SPECIAL
ARRANGEMENTS YOU MAKE FOR US IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR TELEGRAM
UNDER REFERENCE. NOT ONLY WOULD THIS ASSIST IN OUR APPRECIATION
OF DEVELOPMENTS BUT IT WOULD BE RE-ASSURING TO PUBLIC HERE WHO
ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY CONCERNED NOW THAT NEGOTIATIONS HAVE STARTED IN EARNEST.
2. YOU WILL RECALL THAT A SPECIAL SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH
HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVES WERE HELD IN LONDON IN OCTOBER 1967
TO CONSIDER THE IMPLICATIONS OF ENTRY AND TO WORK OUT AN AGREED
POSITION. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE
/A FURTHER
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