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It will be appropriate for the Secretary of State TO MAKK
a special statement on Hong Kong. See Annex A]
FOOT Winn
Also covered in the statement on Hong Kong).[We
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Aise that the European footwear industry is facing
DIFFICULTIES" leulties but so too is the Hong Kong footwear ipsin Time stry. The proposals envisaged are very modest. he
domestic problems stem essentially from imports from
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non-developing country sources, particularly East
and Spain.
rood
Plywood is particularly important to Malaysia and
gapore and though the compromise proposal the
mission has put forward is not as large as we would
ve liked we can accept it.
st-1975 Arrangements
The improvements envisaged for 1975 are a step in
e right direction but will not be sufficient in them-
elves to meet our aim for the progressive abolition
the various restrictions in the scheme over several
ears. The Community should agree to a declaration to
the effect that in future reviews of the scheme it
should continue the process of making the scheme more
liberal with particular reference to the interests of
the poorer developing countries.
L[if there is
vesistance to including Hong Kong's fortwean in the
Scheme because
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