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Call by Mr Robert Battersby
Member of the European Parliament
When Mr Battersby called today he produced a whole
stream of ideas about China and Hong Kong and the DEC.
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While I think the promotion of links between Hong
Kong and the EEC is a very good thing, I was not at all
sure whether Mr Battersby would prove the best channel,
in spite of his enthusiasm. I therefore remained rather
non-committal throughout the interview. His main points
were:
(a) He was considering setting up a Hong Kong/
European Parliament Committee similar to the
All Party Group in Westminster. He would take
no action until he had discussed with Sir
Paul Bryan;
(b) In any case meanwhile he would himself bring th
interests of Hong Kong and LDCS to the
attention of the European Parliament in
connection with the MPA;
(c) He thought the EEC might assist China in sending
students to Europe by setting up an information
centre which would inform the Chinese of all
scholarship facilities available in all ESC
countries. I pointed out that a lot was being
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Mr Troughton, the Chairman of the British
Council, to see whether these proposals would