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4. THEREFORE, EVEN THOUGH THE COMMISSION WERE TO FORCE US BY A
FURTHER ULTIMATUM TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT OUTSIDE THE TERMS OF THE MFA READ WITH COMTEX W/44, IT WOULD BE ESSENTIAL FOR US (THOUGH OF COURSE WE SHOULD ABIDE BY WHATEVER WE HAD SIGNED) TO MAKE PUBLIC
THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THREATS UNDER WHICH OUR SIGNATURE WAS
OBTAINED.
5. JUST FOR THE RECORD I MUST POINT OUT THAT TTHE SECOND HALF
OF YOUR PARA 7 MISREPRESENTS THE SITUATION. THE TRUE POSITION
WAS SET OUT IN PARAS 3 AND 4 OF MY TEL 1147. THE COMMISSION HAS NOT MOVED FORWARD FROM ITS (FOLLOWING WORD UNDERLINED)
OPENING POSITION, WHICH WAS NOT PUT FULLY ON THE TABLE UNTIL
6 NOVEMBER, ITS ONLY MOVEMENT HAS BEEN BACKWARDS, TOWARDS LOWER
LIMITS. WE ON THE CONTRARY MOVED A LONG WAY TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY
AND COMPLETELY MET ITS ''STABILISATION'' REQUIREMENTS.
6. MILLS AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED TO RETURN TO BRUSSELS IMMEDIATELY AND WILL ARRIVE ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21.
7. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD SO INFORM THE COMMISSION.
WE DO NOT PROPOSE TO REPLY VIA BURGESS TO TRAN'S INFORMAL
COMMUNICATION.
8. WOULD STEWART PLEASE PASS, A COPY OF THIS TELEGRAM TO THE GOVERNOR
FIRST THING ON MONDAY MORNING.
MACLEHOSE
FILES
EID (E) HKGD
FS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
PS/MR.JUDD MR.THOMAS MR.FRETWELL
MR.MURRAY
MR.CORTAZZI
[PASSED BY COD
COPIES TO:
MR.HARRIS, CABINET OFFICE. MISS LOWNE, CT DIVN.,DOI.
MR.GRAY
RLANE
CRE1/DOT.
MISS MACFARLANE)
HKGO,,LONDON.
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