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Before this Sir Con O'Neill had expressed the view, in
his telegram from Brussels (No CODEL 18) of 12 January 1971,
that
"acceptance at this stage of the Community offer would
in no sense close the door to subsequently improving Hong Kong's
access to the enlarged Community under the scheme. It will of
course be necessary for us to discuss at a later stage with the
Community the technical adaptations to this scheme that will be
necessary to take account of its extension to an enlarged
Community. And they themselves have referred to the annual
examinations of the Community scheme which will take place and
in which we shall participate after enlargement as full members
of the Community. Both these procedures should provide much
better opportunities than are offered at the present to influence
the Community scheme in a way helpful to Hong Kong".
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