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it scamo generally agreed that the principal damage to Mong Fong which might resalt from our joining the Comson Market

would not derive

British mkot r

plisation of the CET. Homotedly womanffoot hor traio in

might well reduce the profitability of some of her industries. But, if we may judge from Hong long's perfortance in the

norioan and corun narrate, this is not likely to be an ovar whelming disadvantage.

3. A sore likely danger is that quote restrictions on long

roduood,

axtended m

oodling for cotton textllos would

Secondly, products not at present on quota would be

restricted. This might be matched by the inability either of liong long or of ourselves to do anything about it. In parti- allus. liang on

a mo have no nano

Indmady ratoves the lazal position might boy it

we could attaon the community

Hong Kong'a only resedy would

antovor interios could apply inatio

Community for more liboxal polialon, and tips coo

1n the GABA

pressure might be.

It is charly very difficult to any anything useful

only

about co

sot know what

the U.f.'s policy will be post-1970 avwa if we do not join the

Common

mat apart from action textiles, it seems pretty Koolaalori tht

out for tat aaxing for any aprclel consona

negotiations with the C.

lf Hong Kong officials, who have

had good den of cordance in negotiating with the comunity,

oonolder thes it would be counter-prodotivo to sak for auon

oonoosaloon. I would be nulland to accept thole whois

5.

doro of tours art frun tay bonono

ton Bone young nghit dorino

some genetni osnesssion

decalage applied to all Cesconsseãth countries), thros possible

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