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and about 5% to the E.E.C., by 1966 she was selling about

17% to Britain and just over 10% to the Community.

9.

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Haddon-Cave said that Hong Kong fully recognised the

danger inherent in any request for special treatment, namely

that the reaction of the Six would be to agree only at the

cost of unacceptable new limitations on her trade; it was for

consideration whether the best policy for Hong Kong might not

be to ask for no special arrangements at all.

The future course of events

10. Mr. Statham said that the report on Britain's application

being prepared by the E.E.C. Commission at the direction of the

Council would be a wide-ranging document dealing with the

acceptability of British membership of the Community. It would

probably be submitted to the Council by the end of September.

Sir A. Snelling said that during negotiation Britain would hope

to keep in touch with interested Members of the Commonwealth

and Dependent Territories either in Brussels or in London.

Mr. Haddon-Cave indicated that Hong Kong would probably prefer

London.

The Effect of British entry into the E.E.C. on her constitutional relationship with Hong Kong

11.

Sir A. Galsworthy confirmed that there would be no change

in cur constitutional relationship with Hong Kong; the British

Parliament would retain full responsibility for all that went

on in the Territory. However entry into the E.E.C. might have

the effect of limiting the ways open to Britain of discharging

that responsibility.

Hong Kong's G.A.T.T. Relationship with an Enlarged Community

12. Mr. Haddon-Cave recalled that while Hong Kong, as a British

Dependent Territory, did not have rights and obligations towards

Britain under the G.A.T.T., she did have a G.A.T.T. relationship

with the Member States of the Community. He asked whether

/Hong Kong

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