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against liong Kong7 both before enlargement in our
technical contacts on the adaptation of our scheme
to that of the Community and after enlargement in
oum.technical: contacts on the adaptation-of-ður
scheme-to-that-of the-Community-and after
enlargement in the annual reviews in which we shall
participate as full members." In a further telegram
to the Governor dated 2 February 1971, Mr Rippon
repeated this, and expressed confidence that there
would be "good opportunties" to work for the objective
of non-discrimination, and that we would take
advantage of them.
Before this Pir 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 Com unity.
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 liong Kong.
(B) Implications for IIK of Adaptation
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We are committed to align with the EEC's GSP
us from 1 January 1974 and negotiations to this effect have begun in Brussels. At talks in London
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