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CONFIDENTIAL Enter Mr. Williamon
GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT
LOWER ALBERT ROAD
HONG KONG
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28 January 1982
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R D Clift Esq
Hong Kong & General Dept F CO
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Der Dzak,
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND HONG KONG
Derek March sent me a copy of his letter of
21 January about the initiative in this area recently taken by his Belgian colleague.
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I read the enclosures with interest. You will no doubt want to enquire into the Community documentation quoted in M. Collins' circular letter of 30 December, in particular the tortuous exception-to-an-exception justification for having reports on Hong Kong (was Hong Kong given as an example in the original text?). Whatever the origins of this curious wording, I can see no good reason for joint reports about Hong Kong and I think we should resist the idea. Could we not argue that because Hong Kong is a dependency it properly falls into the first category of exceptions?
Yours ever,
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cc D M March Esq OBE
British Trade Commission
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