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Commission
(a) Con you guess at the likely view of the
and the Nine to the question of song Kong reprˇs ntation ? Would they prefer the Colony to enjoy a de facte independent status ? Cr, at the other extreme, would they be against any asparate Song Long presence at GATT meetings on the grounds that there ́la no reason why the
Colony Bould ot be represented by the official I delegate ?
(b) Are the commission likely to see this as primarily
a legal or a policy issue ?
(c) houl we talk to the Commission and the
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opresentatives of the member states in Trasela
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son, on the rounds that they are likely to make such a 'peal of this issue that, if we want it to be resolved before the end of the year, it will be better to turn their zinās to it ov ↑ Or would it b. better to defer n'approach until after sur further talks in 3 ptember with long King officials in an attempt to push through a quick package ? r is it perhaps nwise even to raise the matter s an issue before 1973, on the rounds that we are unlikely to make any useful pro ress until the 50 are confronted, as it were, with the presene of a Hong (ong delegate who has to be seated somewhere?
in addition, it would be helpfl to have ¡eneva's views on the following two pointa :-
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(a) In the present de acceptance of bone zone's
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independent and separate representation in the Cotton "extile Jommittee likely to survive accessi ́n ?
(b) is there likely to be a GA angle on the question of where mon tong site and how she is referred to
in Geneva 7.
The question of representing song song's interests as, 28 you know, been considered beforo. For acne of refur ́nce attach a copy of Lir: Felville's lotter to ichael and of September 1970, together with U: ereva telegram
0 616 and PCO telegram No 384 referred to therein. LEXIS ay wish to comment on the views expressed in that letter now that the reality is about to descend upon us,
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