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+NE MADE IT CLEAR THAT WHILE WE WELCOMED THE PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE OUR FOOTWEAR, ITS EFFECT WOULD BE SLIGHT AS COMPARED WITH THE CONTINUED EXCLUSION OF OUR TEXTILES. WE WERE THEREFORE VERY GLAD TO LEARN THAT ON 10TH OCTOBER SIR MICHAL PALLISER, THE BRITISH PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE IN BRUSSELS, HAD MADE ANOTHER STRONGLH- WORDED STATMENT TO THE COMMITTEE OF PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES, IN WHICH HE EXPRESSED THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S EXTREME DISAPPOINT- MENT AT THE FACT THAT THE COMMISSION EXPECTS TO PROPOSE NO CHANGE ' FOR TEXTILES IN 1975 AND URGED THE COMMISSION TO THINK AGAIN AND TO PROPOSE THE INCLUSION OF AT LEAST SOME CATEGORIES OF HONG KONG TEXTILES AS A FIRST STAGE TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION.
+WE ALSO MADE IT VERY CLEAR TO THE BRITISH OFFICIALS THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSAL NOT TO INCREASE ACCESS UNDER THE SCHEM FOR PARTICULAR PRODUCTS COMING FROM BENEFICIARY COUNTRIES THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEIR ABILITY TO FILL THEIR SHARE OF THE PRESENT TARIFF CUOTAS.
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1115: PROHONGAID LONDON FOUR:
+OUR BRITISH COLLEAGUES ASSURED US THAT THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD IN HONG KONG'S INTERESTS AND I AM GUITE SURE THEY WILL GO ON DOING SO. THEY FULLY UNDERSTAND OUR CONCERN NOT ONLY ABOUT THE EXISTING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HONG KONG BUT ALSO ABOUT THE DISCRIMINATORY EFFECT OF THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS THAT I HAVE JUST REFERRED TO. THEY HAVE PROMISED TO PUT OUR VIEWS BEFORE THE MINISTERS CONCERNED.
X +WE MUST REMEMBER HOWEVER THAT BRITAIN IS ONLY ONE MEMBER AMONGST NINE AND THAT, WHILE THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS SAID
THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS STRONGLY FOR THE REMOVAL OF EXISTING DISCRIMINATION AND TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW DISCRIMINAT-
ION, THEY CANNOT GUARANTEE SUCCESS.+
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