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HOFO @15/30
00 FCO
00 BRUSSELS
00 HONGAID
PP UKMIS GENEVA
GR 360
CYPHER/CAT A
FM HONG KONG 300821Z
IMMEDIATE
CONFIDENTIAL
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TO IMMEDIATE F.C.O TELNO.1215 OF 30 NOVEMBER,
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INFO IMMEDIATE BRUSSELS (FOR BURGESS), HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON,
PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA (FOR TASO),
BRUSSELS TELNO.2 TO US, REPEATED TO YOU:
E.E.C/HONG KONG TEXTILES.
1. IF THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS FOR SUB-LIMITS ON CATEGORIES 2 (AND 3) IS A NEGOTIATING DEVICE TO MAKE THE ALREADY SWINGEING E.E.C PROPOSALS ON CATEGORY 2 (COTTON FABRICS) SEEM RELATIVELY LESS DAMAGING AND THEREFORE MORE ACCEPTABLE TO US, IT DOES NOT AND CANNOT SUCCEED. IF IT IS AN ELEVENTH HOUR ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP AN EVEN MORE PROTECTIONIST AND DISCRIMINATORY POSITION BY THE COMMUNITY, THEN IT DOES SEEM TO CAST DOUBT ON THE GENUINENESS OF UNDERSTANDINGS ALREADY REACHED BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES AND COULD EVEN JEOPARDISE FURTHER PROGRESS.