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DELEGATION HERE SHOW CONSIDERABLE GERMAN AGITATION OVER THE HONG KONG INVASION AND A DESIRE FOR EARLY ACTION AT COMMUNITY LEVEL. OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE FEDERAL AUTHORITEIES WOULD BE UNWILLING TO APPROACH HONG KONG BILATERALLY PARTLY, NO DOUET, BECUASE THEY BELIVE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS MORE MUSCLE AND PARTLY BECAUSE THEY DO ADHERE TO THE COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY AND DISLIKE THE DIS- UNITY FROM WHICH THE COMMON MARKET SUFFERS WHEN INDIVIDUAL MEMBER GOVERNMENTS ACT AGAINST IMPORTS.
ADVANCE COPIES
FCO HALL HD TRD
DTI COSTIN RIDLEY MISS LOWNE LAM MISS ELLIOTT
FCO PAS SAVING SEOUL TOKYO
PALLISER
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED] [ADVANCED AS REQUESTED]
ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION FRAME
COPIES TO:
MR HOPE CTD DTI
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC DISTRIBUTION
TRD
EID
HKIOD FED
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