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orda. P. He repeated that he did not
think there would be much trouble in the
House of Commons. We must go ahead and
make an approach on Hong Kong's behalf.
We must see that Hong Kong was not put in
a worse position that its competitors.
Mr. Robinson asked if he meant all Hong
Kong's competitors or only those in
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sut, mission of 26 September
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It was crucial to
decide whether we should insist on long
Kong being treated as well as its compet-
itors or whether we were insisting that
her competitors should be treated as
badly. We should have to prepare a paper
for an E.U.M. meeting next week. The DTI
would oppose holding out for Hong Kong to
be treated as well as her competitors but
probably would not object too strongly
if we demanded that her competitors should
be treated as badly as herself. The DTI
fear was that the Commission would be
provoked into adopting mcasures opposing
the free circulation of textiles.
Mr. Stuart did not think that the DTI
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