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The discussions were held in the

Commonwealth Office and the chair was taken

by Sir Arthur Snelling, Deputy Under-Secretary

of State, who accompanied the Secretary of

State (Mr. Bowden) on his recent visit to

Hong Kong. They were attended by officials

from the main economic departments in Whitehall.

2.

The discussions had three purposes:

(a)

to inform the Hong Kong side of the

present state of play of the British

application and the likely tine-table

during the next few months;

(b)

to examine the possible implications

(c)

3.

of full British Membership of the European

Economic Community for Hong Kong;

possible ways in which It's exertion to explore the various ways in which

inters's could brat be refignardi's doing in

Hong Kong's trading interests could best negotiations with the fix.

berotected durin and after the

forthcoming negotiations with the ix,

The discussions la ted three days and

covered the ground in considerable detail.

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