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TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 542 OF 7 JUNE INFO UKREP BRUSSELS, BRUSSELS (FOR DODGE), URMIS GENEVA (FOR DORWARD).
NY TELEGRAM NO 522: EEC AND GSP.
1. WE HAVE NOW CONSIDERED FURTHER THE QUESTION OF THE PRESENTATION OF A MEMORANDUM ON HONG KONG AND THE GSP IN COMMUNITY CAPITALS,
2, WE AGGFE THAT IN DUE COURSE IT MAY BE OF ADVANTAGE TO PRESENT THE MEMORANDUM TO EEG GOVERNMENTS, BUT WE DOUBT THAT THE RIGHT MOMENT HAS YET COME, FOR THE MEMORANDUM TO HAVE GREATEST HRACT WE THINK THAT ITS PRESENTATION SHOULD BE LINKED TO SPECIFIC ACTIVITY ON GSP WITH THE COMMUNITY, FOR EXAMPLE DISCUSSION IN THE COMMITTEE OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES (CUREPER), UKREP BRUSGELS MAY HAVE VIEWS ON THIS.
3, THE PRESENT POSITION IS THAT THE COMMISSION IS EXPECTED TO COME FORWARD WITH PROPOSALS FOR THE 1975 SCHONE ON 19 JUNE, DISCUSSION AT WORKING LEVEL, IN COREPER AND IN DUE COURSE IN THE COUNCIL WILL FOLLOW, IT IS HOT CLEAR WHEN THE FIRST DISCUSSION IN COREPER ON THIS WILL TAKE PLACE. THE PRESENTATION OF THE MEMORANDUM IN CAPITALS COULD PERHAPS DE TIMED SO AS TO INFLUENCE THE PREPARATION IN COMMUITY CAPITALS FOR THIS DISCUSSION, (IF YOU STILL FEAL THAT THE HECMRANDUM SHOULD DE PRESENTED IN CAPITALS BEFORE THEN WE SHALL 1) OBJECT BUT THINK THAT IT WOULD BE BEST FOR A HONG KONG OFFICIAL TO UNDERTAKE THIS)
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