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CONFIDENTIAL

CYPHER/CAT A

PRIORITY BRUSSELS TO FOREIGN OFFICE

TELEGRAM NO 339

23 JUNE 1967

41

COPY FOR REGISTRATION

CONFIDENTIAL

[NEUTRAL]

ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 17 OF 23 JUNE REPEATED

FOR INFORMATION TO UKMIS GENEVA (FOR JONES), COMMONWEALYH OFFICE, AND THE HAGUE.

FOLLOWING FROM MARTIN.

FORTHCOMING TEXTILE CONSULTATIONS WITH BENELUX COUNTRIES.

I HAVE BEEN INFORMED TODAY THAT THE DUTCH DELEGATION WILL CONSIST OF MESSRS R. VERHAGEN AND G.N. KOPPES OF THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, H. DE BRUEN OF THE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, ANI: A MR SIKKES WHO WILL BE AN OBSERVER REPRESENTING THE DIRECTORATE OF THE CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS WHICH IS AN INTERMEDIARY BODY BETWEEN BUSINESS AND THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT.

2,

THEY WILL LEAVE ON MONDAY 3RD JULY BY KL 831 AND WILL CHANGE AT BANGKOK ON TUESDAY 4TH JULY, ARRIVING IN HONG KONG ON THAT DAY AT 23.45 HOURS BY CT 40

DECISION ABOUT HE POSSIBLE BELGIAN DELEGATION IS STILL NOT KNOWN,

4.

THE DUTCH DELEGATION WILL USE WEDNESDAY 5TH JULY FOR

DISCUSSIONS AMONGST THEMSELVES AND WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN TALKS WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ON THURSDAY 6TH JULY.

FO PSE PASS HONG KONG 17, UKMIS GENEVA 9, COMMONWEALTH

OFFICE 5, AND THE HAGUE 68.

SIR R BARCLAY

[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]

SENT 23/1630Z

RECD 23/1631Z

INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION

E.R.D.

SSSSS

SENT TO HONG KONG AS COMMONWEALTH OFFICE(D.T

TELEGRAM NO. CONFIDENTIAL

1298

RECEIVED IN

ARCHIVES No. 63

27 JUNIYO

HWBS

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