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: PROHONGAID LONDON ONE:
GIS 394/77 COMMISSIONER EXDIS
YCX7E3 06-0910 YHE722
THE FOLLOWING IS A STATEMENT MADE BY MR. W. DORWARD, ACTING DIRECTOR OF TRADE INDUSTRY AND CUSTOMS:
THE EEC CHIEF NEGOTIATOR, MR TRAN VAN THINH, WAS BEEN WIDELY REPORTED AS ACCUSING HONG KONG OF BLOCKING PROGRESS IN THE CURRENT TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS IN BRUSSELS. HE HAS SAID THAT HONG KONG NEGOTIATORS HAD ACCEPTED A DEADLINE OF 10 NOVEMBER BUT ARE NOW TRYING TO FIND EXCUSES TO DELAY IT= AND HAS THREATENED THAT IF NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED BY WEDNESDAY HE +WOULD START DIVIDING AMONG EXPORTINR AREAS SOME OF THE QUANTITIES THE COMMON MARKET HAVE BEEN PLANNING TO ACCEPT FROM HONG KONG.+
MR TRAN'S REMARKS HAVE ALREADY BEEN REBUTTED BY THE CHIEF HONG KONG NEGOTIATOR IN BRUSSELS, MR L W R MILLS. FOR MY PART, I FIND IT EXTRAORDINARY THAT MR TRAN CHOSE TO RESORT TO THE PRESS WITH ACCUSATIONS AND THREATS IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT HONG KONG HAD BEEN LED TO BELIEVE AS A GENUINE NETOTIATION. HIS BEHAVIOURS IS UNPRECEDENTED IN MY EXPERIENCE AND ALL THE MORE REMARKABLE SINCE HIS ACCUSATIONS ARE COMPLETELY ILL-FOUNDED.
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