17.7
Registry No.
DEPARTMENT
Hong Kong
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
Top-Secret
Secret...
Confidential
Restricted
Unclassified
PRIVACY MARKING
In Confidence
PRIORITY MARKINGS (Date)
Flash
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Date and time (G.M.T.) telegram should
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19/15
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CONFIDENTIAL
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GOVERNOR HONG KONG
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Distribution:-
European Economic & Political
Distribution,
HKD, EID(1)
Additional
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Following from Cater
EEC GENERALISED PREFERENCES SCHEME
1.
We had useful discussions this morning with
FCO and DTI officials on next steps to be taken on
the question of how best to deal with the problems
which the Commission has in respect of Hong Kong.
2. The consensus was that at this stage it was
advisable that Hong Kong officials should meet
bilaterally with the Commission at the earliest
possible opportunity for "technical discussions"
aimed at establishing the full reasons for the
EEC's concern and, if this includes the possibility
of exclusions, to seek as far as possible the
justification for and scope of any moves proposed
and how the Commission might implement them. Should
these proposed moves involve discrimination against
Hong Kong in any form whatsoever (including
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