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TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO 510 OF 12 JUNE REGISTRYN:
YOUR TELNO 450: MR RIPPON
FOR LAIRD
IN PRINCIPLE QUITE O.K.
13 JUN 1972
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BUT HADDON-CAVE WILL BE AT THE
COMMONWEALTH FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING WHEN THE P.M. IS HERE: SO IF MR RIPPON COULD BEAR IT I WOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL IF
WE COULD MEET HIM FOR LUNCH OR A DRINK SO THAT HE COULD BRING US UP TO DATE ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR ENTRY INTO EUROPE.
2. WHEN HADDON-CAVE IS IN LONDON FOR THE FINANCE MINISTERS' CONFERENCE IN SEPTEMBER I HOPE YOU AND THE D.T.1. WILL BE READY AT THAT TIME TO RESUME THE DISCUSSIONS HE HAD WITH YOU ON 27 APRIL ON THE RELATED QUESTIONS OF:
(A) THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG'S NON-G.A.T.T. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.K. AFTER THE U.K.'S ENTRY IN TO E.E.C.:
(B) REPRESENTATION OF HONG KONG'S POINT OF VIEW IN G.A.T.T. AND THE C.T.C. ONCE THE U.K. IS OBLIGED TO FOLLOW AN E.E.C.
PARTY LINE.
I AM SURE YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE KNOW WHERE WE STAND WELL BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.
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