TNAG-0045-FCO40-81-Britain-s-entry-into-EEC-effect-on-trade-with-Hong-Kong-1967 — Page 62

CONFIDENTIAL

4th July, 1967.

Cur ref: C.R.E. 9143/2 G Your ref: EG.3/1/15

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Hong Kong's Claim to Developing Status

Under cover of your letter of June 21 you sent me a draft raply to Mr. Jeaffreson's letter to you of May 27 and invited comments on the draft.

My only comment relates to the passage after the colon eight lines from the end of the first page to the end of that paragraph. I think your draft would be both clearer and shorter if you were to redraft it rather as follows:-

"It seems to us that 'raw materials and technical skills' are

no more than examples of 'necessary resources' for the promotion

of development of less developed countries; and that it would be

stretching the meaning of the passage unreasonably to argue

from it that countries which do not produce raw materials cannot

be less developed countriea."

D. G. R. Bentliff, Esq.,

Commonwealth Office,

Downing Street,

3.W.1.

(H. Goldsmith)

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Mr. V. 3. Carter

Mr. C. Audland - 0.0.

J

C.O.