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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 47 OF 14 JANUARY.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 982: COTTON TEXTILES.
AFTER FIVE DAYS OF DISCUSSION (AMICABLE THROUGHOUT), WE AND HONG KONG OFFICIALS HAD REACHED WHAT WE REGARDED AS A BASIS FOR DISCUSSION WITH BRITISH INDUSTRY AND THE EEC, AND THEREAFTER FOR A RECOMMENDATION TO MINISTERS.
2. HOWEVER WHEN HADDON-CAVE PUT THE DETAILED PROPOSALS TO THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS, (AND SOME OF THE OTHER ADVISERS) THE LATTER SAID THEY WOULD BE UNABLE TO RECOMMEND ACCEPTANCE OF THE PROPOSALS TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
3. IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, WE AGREED WITH HADDON-CAVE THAT THE TALKS SHOULD BE REGARDED AS CONCLUDED AND THAT P.W.RIDLEY WOULD RECORD (IN A CONFIDENTIAL LETTER TO HADDON-CAVE WHO HAS AN ADVANCE COPY)
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THE POSITION REACHED IN THE TALKS. WE ALSO AGREED ON THE TEXT (IN MY 1.F.T.) OF A PRESS NOTICE WHICH WE ARE GIVING TO THE PRESS.
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