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TO FRIORITY FCO TELNO 425 OF 3 JUNE INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE WASHINGTON
MY TELNO 421 ANGLO JAPANESE MINISTERIAL CONSULTATIONS
(GENERALISED PREFERENCES AND HONG KONG),
WHEN DISCUSSING THE AGENDA OF THE MINISTERIAL TALKS WITH THE
NEWLY APPOINTED HEAD OF THE SECOND WEST EUROPEAN AFFAIRS
DIVISION OF THE MYFA THIS AFTERNOON, COMMERCIAL COUNSELLOR
EXPRESSED DISAPPOINTMENT THAT THE JAPNESE GOVERNMENT WAS NOT
ONLY UNABLE TO GRANT HONG KONG GENERALISED PREFERENCES AT THE
SAME TIME AS OTHER COUNTRIES BUT WAS ALSO UNABLE TO GIVE A
FIRM UNDERTAKING ON THE PRINCIPLE THAT HONG KONG WOULD BE
INCLUDED IN THE FUTURE. MR KADOTA SAID WE SHOULD NOT TAKE
AS THE LAST WORD ON THIS THE PESSIMISTIC ACCOUNT WHICH WE
MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF THE OUTCOME OF A MEETING BETWEEN THE
BUREAU DIRECTORS GENERAL CONCERNED, MR AICHI WOULD PROBABLY
SAY NEXT WEEK THAT WHILE JAPAN WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO GIVE
PREFERENCES TO HONG KONG AT THE SAME TIME AS TO THE OTHER
COUNTRIES, SHE WOULD EXERT HER BEST EFFORTS TO MAKE THIS
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POSSIBLE AT AT AN EARLY OPPORTUNITY'. THIS WAS IN MR
KADOTAS VIEW A MORE POSTIVE EXPRESSION THAN SIMPLY SAYING
THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF INCLUDING HONG KONG.
ASHE
[REPEATED TO WASHINGTON AND HONG KONG]
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