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HKK 6/3
TO IMMEDIATE PARTS TELEGRAM NUMBER 783 OF 22 OCTOBER INFO
IMMEDIATE ROME, BRUSSELS, DUBLIN AND ROUTINE UKREP BRUSSELS.
HY TELEGRAM NO 188 TO THE HAGUE: GENERALISED SCHEME OF
PREFERENCES.
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1. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD TAKE ANY ACTION YOU CAN
WHICH SEEMS LIKELY TO HELP IN SECURING A SCHEME WHICH CAN BE
PRESENTED AS AN IMPROVEMENT OF THE G P S IN ACCORDANCE_WITH
THE PARTS SUMMIT DECISION, WE ARE NATURALLY THINKING PARTICULARLY
OF THOSE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES COVERED BY THE DECLARATION OF
INTENT WHICH DEPEND ON THE G S P SCHEME OF THE ENLARGED COMMUNITY
FOR A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION IN TERMS OF PREFERENTIAL ACCESS TO THE
MARKET OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE IF THEY ARE NOT TO SEE A
DETERIORATION IN THEIR EXPORT PROSPECTS AND OF HONG KONG, YOU
SHOULD LOBBY PARTICULARLY ON THE INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTS LISTED IN PARAGRAPH 4 OF THE TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE, POINTING OUT THAT WE ATTACH PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE TO PROGRESS BEING MADE ON THESE ITEMS, AND EXPRESSING THE HOPE THAT THE FRENCH WILL RECONSIDER
THEIR ATTITUDE TO THESE ITEMS.
E. ON PLYWOOL YOU SHOULD POINT OUT THAT THE U.K. TAKES OVER HALF THE PORTS OF THE ENLARGED COMMUNITY AND THAT THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE ASSOCIATES CAN EASILY BE ACCOMMODATED WITHIN THE EXPECTED GROWTH IN DEMAND. THERE IS ANY CASE A CONSIDERABLE SHORTAGE OF
IMPORTED PLYWOOD IN EUROPE. IN THE PRESENT STATE OF THE STRUGGLE
AGAINST INFLATION IT SEEMS UNREACOLABLE AND PROVOCATIVE TO PUBLIC
OPINION TO ADD AN UNNECESSARY ELEMENT (THE TARIFF ON PLYWOOD) TO
OUR PRODUCTION COSTS.
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