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Document No. 5
RECORD OF A MEETING BETWEEN THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY AND THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS, HONG KONG, AT 11.20 a.m. ON SUNDAY, 19 APRIL, 1970
The Right Hon. Michael Stewart, M P
Sir Denis Greenhill
Mr. James Wellbeloved, MP
Mr. James Murray
Mr. J. A. N. Graham
Present:
The Hon. Sir Albert Rodrigues
The Hon. Sir Cho-yiu Kwan The Hon. J. D. Clague The Hon. Fung Ping-fan The Hon. S. S. Gordon
The Hon. Y. K. Kan
The Hon. J. A. H. Saunders
The Hon. Tang Ping-yuan The Hon. Fung Hon-chu
The Hon. Tse Yu-chuen
The Hon. K. A. Watson
The Hon. Woo Pak-chuen
The Hon. Szeto Wai
The Hon. Wilfred Wong Sien-bing The Hon. Mrs. Ellen Li Shu-piu
The Hon. Wilson T. S. Wang
The Hon. H. J. C. Browne
Dr. The Hon. Chung Sze-yuen
The Hon. M. A. R. Herries The Hon. Lee Quo-wei
Sir Albert Rodrigues opened the meeting by welcoming the Secretary of State. The members of the Executive and Legislative Councils had a number of questions to ask.*
2. Mr. Stewart said that this was an important opportunity for him for unofficial and confidential discussions. He had come to Hong Kong to look and to listen; he would not be giving any answers on the spot; some questions remained to be decided.
The EEC and commercial relations
3. Sir Albert Rodrigues asked Mr. Stewart about the negotiations for Britain's membership of the Common Market. Mr. Stewart said that the British Government had persisted for some years in their application to join the Common Market. There were strong reasons for this. The prospect of the enormous economic units of the United States, the Soviet Union and the Common Market without Britain, was not attractive either for Britain or for the members of the
* The meeting opened with discussion about the succession to the Governor, which is recorded separately.
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