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CONFIDENTIAL
IMMEDIATE CODEL BRUSSELS TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO 141 · 20 OCTOBER 1970
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ENLARGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS
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MEETING OF COMMITTEE OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES: 19 OCTOBER
WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME ACCOUNT OF THE DISCUSSION ON ENLARGEMENT
IN THE COMMITTEE OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES ON 19 OCTOBER.
TARIFF QUOTAS.
2. THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ON WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE
FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE AN INITIAL RESPONSE TO OUR TARIFF
QUOTA REQUESTS AT THE MEETING OF DEPUTIES ON 21 OCTOBER
SOME PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES WERE IN FAVOUR OF SPEAKING THEN
EVEN THOUGH ALL THE MAIN POINTS OF THE COMMUNITY POSITION HAD
NOT YET BEEN AGREED. (WE ARE TOLD THAT THE MAIN UNRESOLVED POINTS RELATE TO LEAD AND ZINC AND THE UNWILLINGNESS OF THE MEMBER STATES WHO HAVE RIGHTS WITH REGARD TO THESE PRODUCTS, UNDER THE LIST & PROTOCOLS TO GIVE THESE UP) IT WAS FINALLY
DECIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD NOT RESPOND TO
OUR REQUESTS UNTIL THEIR POSITION WAS CLEAR AND WOULD NOT
THEREFORE BE READY TO SAY ANYTHING ON 21 OCTOBER. IT IS NOT
ENTIRELY EXCLUDED THAT THE DISAGREEMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY
POSITION WILL BE RESOLVED BY THE TIME OF THE MINISTERIAL MEETING ON 27 OCTOBER AND THAT THE. COMMUNITY WILL BE IN A POSITION TO
SAY SOMETHING THEN.
DEPENDENT TERRITORIES
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3. ON GIBRALTAR THERE WAS AGREEMENT THAT THE TERRITORY SHOULD
BE COVERED BY ARTICLE 227:4: BUT THAT THERE WOULD NEED TO BE
FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH US ON THE PROPOSAL THAT ITS FREE
PORT FACILITIES SHOULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN COMMUNITY ARRANGEMENTS.
ON HONG KONG, IT WAS MERELY AGREED THAT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS: AND NO COMMUNITY POSITION WAS REACHED
ON HOW THE CONSIDERATION OF HONG KONG SHOULD BE CARRIED FORWARD.
THE FRENCH DELEGATION ALSO STATED THAT FRANCE MUST JOIN WITH
THE UK IN THE APPLICATION FOR ASSOCIATION UNDER PTIV FOR THE
NEW HEBRIDES. WITH REGARD TO THE OTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORIES,
SOME REFERENCE WAS MADE TO THE PROBLEM OF TAX EVASION IN CONNECTION
WITH CERTAIN OF THE WEST INDIAN TERRITORIES. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT
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