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TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO 857 OF 12 JULY/INFO GOVERNOR HONG KONG, UKREP BRUSSELS, BRUSSELS (FOR DODGE), HONG KONG GOVERNMENT LONDON, UKMIS GENEVA (FOR DORWARD), THE HAGUE, PARIS, DUBLIN, ROME,
COPENHAGEN.
MY TELEGRAM MUMBER 852: HONG KONG GENERALISED PREFERENCE SCHEME
2
HORIG HAS NOW GIVEN US THE FOLLOWING FURTHER COMMENTS, WHICH
HE SAYS RESULT FROM PRELIMINARY DISCUSSION OF THE
HONG KONG CASE WITHIN THE MINISTRY OF THE ECONOMY.
2. ON FOOTWEAR, HE IS OPTIMISTIC THAT THE GERMANS
CAN AGREE TO HONG KONG WISHES, BUT ON TEXTILES HE SAID IT WOULD
BE IMPOSSIBLE TO AGREE TO FULL INCLUSION FOR HONG KONG PRODUCTS
IN 1975. HE REPEATED THE IDEA THAT IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO MAKE
PROGRESS ON SELECTED TEXTILE ITEMS.
3. ON THE
PRIVILEGED COUNTRIES'' THERE WAS SOME BACKSLIDING.
HORIG SAID THAT HE AND LUTZ HAD SEEN THE FORCE OF THE HONG KONG
ARGUMENTS ABOUT INCIDENTAL DISCRIMINATION: BUT HE VERY MUCH DOUBTED IF THEY WOULD BE ACCEPTED IN BRUSSELS. THE WAY FORWARD IN THIS
AREA WAS TO PRESS ON WITH THE DISMANTLING OF QUOTAS ALTOGETHER. (OUR IMPRESSION IS THAT HERE HORIC WAS TRYING TO CLAW BACK THE POINT LUTZ SO SUPPRISINOLY CONCEDED ON 11 JULY WHEN HE DESCRIBED THE HONG KONG ARGUMENTS ON THIS SUBJECT AS PARTICULARLY VALID).
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