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PRIORITY BRUSSELS TO FOREIGN OFFICE

TELNO. 334

22 JUNE 1967

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[NEUTRAL] F

OPY FOR MSUKIM

ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 15 OF 22 JUNE REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO UKMIS GENEVA, (FOR JONES), COMMONWEALTH

OFFICE, AND THE HAGUE.

FOLLOWING FROM MARTIN,

FORTH COMING TEXTILE CONSULTATIONS WITH BENELUX COUNTRIES.

I NOW UNDERSTAND FROM DE WAARD THAT THE DUTCH DELEGATION WILL BE LED BY VERHAGEN, THE DIRECTOR IN THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS RESPONSIBLE FOR BI-LATERAL NEGOTIATIONS, AND THAT THE DEPARTURE DATE HAS BEEN FIXED ALMOST CERTAINLY FOR JULY 3RD. I AM VISITING THE HAGUE ON MONDAY JUNE 26TH TO MEET VERHAGEN AND ANY FINAL ARRANGEMENTS I WILL NOTIFY TO YOU ON MY RETURN TO BRUSSELS,

2.

DE THEULEGOT OF BELGIUM WILL NOT BE A MEMBER OF THE BENELUX TEAM BUT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT EITHER VANDENBERGHE OR MADAME DECLERCQ OF THE BELGIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS WILL BE COMING TO HONG KONG. I SHALL KNOW MORE AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.

3.

IT IS DIFFICULT TO ASSESS WHETHER ANY OTHER MATTERS WILL BE DISCUSSED BUT FEIJ, WHO I MET IN BRUSSELS TODAY, SAID THAT EVEN IF THERE WERE, THE DISCUSSIONS WOULD BE ON LARGELY GENERAL LINES.

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I HAVE ASKED THE CROWN AGENTS TO BOOK ME A PASSAGE BY BA-920, LEAVING LONDON ON FRIDAY 30TH JUNE AND ARRIVING HONG KONG SATURDAY 1ST JULY AT 15.35 HOURS. GRATEFUL IF, AS PREVIOUSLY, ACCOMMODATION COULD BE ARRANGED AT THE HONG KONG CLUB,

FO PLEASE PASS PRIORITY TO HONG KONG 15, AND UKMIS GENEVA 8 COMMONWEALTH 4, AND THE HAGUE 64.

SIR R. BARCLAY

SENT 1652Z 22 JUNE 1967

RECD 1552Z 22 JUNE 1967

[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]

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SENT TO HONG KONG AS COMMONWEALTH OFFICE (D.T.D.)

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