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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR ONLY) TELNO 865 OF
10 NOVEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS.
YOUR TELNO. 1117.
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EEC/HONG KONG: TEXTILES.
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PERSONAL FROM MR JUDD.
1. I AGREE THAT THE SITUATION NOW FACING US IN THE NEGOTIATIONS
IS EXTREMELY SERIOUS. I CAN ALSO WELL UNDERSTAND YOUR REACTION TO
SOME OF THE TACTICS USED BY THE COMMUNITY NEGOTIATOR. I TOO HOLD
NO BRIEF FOR THEM. BUT WE HAVE TO RECOGNISE THAT THE CONSEQUENCES
OF FAILURE FOR ALL OF US ARE SUCH THAT I MUST ASK YOU TO DO ALL
THAT YOU CAN TO ENSURE THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS ARE RESUMED AS RAPIDLY
AS POSSIBLE AND THAT THEY REACH THEIR CONCLUSION IN A SETTLEMENT
ROUND THE TABLE. WE WOULD NOT OF COURSE MENTION A WORD TO THE
COMMISSION ABOUT THE ASSURANCES I AM SEEKING FROM YOU.
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FOR OUR PART WE ARE DOING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO ALL THAT WE
CAN TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMISSION ARE PREPARED TO RESUME
NEGOTIATIONS AND THAT IN THE COURSE OF THEM THE CURRENT COMMUNITY
OFFER IS IMPROVED. UKREP BRUSSELS HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO TRAN
WHO HAS INDICATED A WILLINGNESS TO RESUME. MR DELL WILL BE SPEAKING
TO DAVIGNON, WHO IS IN LONDON TODAY, TO UNDERLINE OUR OPPOSITION
TO ANY REDISTRIBUTION OF THE OFFER MADE TO HONG KONG TO OTHER
SUPPLIERS. IN MY VIEW, THE NEGOTIATIONS SHOULD BE CARRIED THROUGH TO A CONCLUSION AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE SO THAT HONG KONG CAN
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