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Governor Hong
Kong
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GOVERNOR HONG KONG
BRUSSELS FOR DODGE
UKDEL BRUSSELS, UKMIS GENEVA,
Your Tel No 806 of 25 October
PEC GFS
UKDEL Brussels UKMIS Geneva Brussels for
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2.
HK Govt. Office
FRAME.
Head TPD
Head Commodities Mr Wilford
While sharing your concern, we believe the best
course of action is that recommended at paragraph 4
BEEC tel No
of Tel No UKDEL ₤370.
The EEC can claim they have
given fair warning that the exclusion of products you
listed would be sought at some time.
2. Of the 12 items, 6 were described as "sensitive
products from Hong Kong that appear unlikely to meet
the origin rules" and listed in Table 3 of the report
dated 16 December 1970 of the Community's Working
Group on Hong Kong, submitted to the Committee of
Permanent Representatives and passed to you through
DODGE.
3. On 26 January 1971, the Community stated (CODEL
45) that it: "envisaged that a certain number of
products would not be able to benefit from preferences
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