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ir Ingram, CRE 1 ir stuart, KI0D, roc
liss welch, Car 2
Chould like to bring to your attention a point whick
the zong emerged from a meeting 1 Leld on eunesday to discus.
ongro ocal for a link between g and textiles . Kidd seperat brief is being prepared for you. bis zeevinj waż attended by or inerɛl, hier jowne and ir tuart among others
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2 Nobody disputed ir Ingram's viev, which i certainly share myself, t. at all the evidence points to a settlement for 1975 which will fail a ood way shert of matisfying long i ong's present demands. If all goes w. 11 they should get a helpful
To CEL concession co footwear; they are unlikely to get more than min- imal concessions, if any, on textiles; \n the no arrangements for superco:etitive countries ar likely to be one which Hong Aong ut present views as discri.inatory.
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We therefore felt that the time has come to make the realities of the situation clear to r Jordan and his colle ues. .he businez: community and the press in long long take a surprising degree of interest in ; although in fact on Long has more reason to be worried a out what the Community wy do to limit crede in textiles, especially in knitwear, and about the risk th-t an extension of restrictions on textiles may encourago demands for protection from other industries. If informed public opinion in hong kong feels badly let down about, their critics will be directed at the Long Long Government as well as at 10.
To warnir Jordan of the realitier of the situation is in no way incompatible with continuing to make the maximum effort, at every level up to the secretary of state, to get the best possible deal for Hong kong on God. I therefore sugest that we should encourage Mr Jordan, when be discusses w... with the press and niz industrial clients on is return to lengi one, to start using the following, arguments:-
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inisters and officials are pressing the dong kong case us vigorously as they can in Community discussions and will continue to do so;
(ii) But Brituis is only one of nine community countries, and a roment has to be reached among the community as a whole, a number of whose embers are considerably less liberal in their trade olicier ti
ritain;
(iii) Mile the critish and i one Long Governments are „reshing vigorously for improvements in ..., the value to wong Kong of the present 12 arrangements are not to be underrated, particularly since mong rong is even go the
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