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Mr. Rayhd
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G.P.S. offers for Hong Kong-
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You asked me to Consider what we should do on the points raised by Mr Cater in his letter of me February.
Mr. Cater raises the following points in his letter of 24 February at (80); -
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Delay in talks with Japanese officials by Hong Kong regarding Japan's G.R.S. offer for Hong Kong.
Discrimination in favour of S. Korea, Singapore and Taminan by EEC in their GPS offer.
melusion of Tauvan 'in EEC
GPS offer.
In regard to a. aboor, the Bill on generalised preferences, which will not contain a list of beneficiaries, will have to be passed by the Diet by end March. A Cabinet Order designating beneficiaries and products bill afhear probably in June so that the Japanese offer on generalized preferences can come into force on 1 July. From this sequence it would appear Ital- Mr. Hirahana's vies that discussions with Hong Kong officials should take place in April or May would be a sensible time table. Doubtless Mr. Wakefield in Tokyo is preparing to raise the subject & there meetings with the Frhanere Government very sharity.
Although the EEC have not yet announced I tou GPS offer, both South Korea and Singapore will probably be offered preferences on textcles and shoes (from which Hong Kong will be excluded). While
Tanian, not being
a member of the Group of 77, will mobably not receive this ofter, they will probably be included in the GPS later in the year but, as Mr. Hannay says, they too may not be entirely excluded from textiles and shoes.
As Mr. Refpon said in his telegram No. 91 7-29 January
to the Governor, our aim is to pursue the matter of ducrimination by the EEC against Hong Kong both before enlargement in one Komniscal contacts on the adaption of our. Scheme to that The EEC and after enlargement in the annual reviews