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2 December, 1968,

HONG

KONG.

As you know the UNCEAD Special Committee on FreferonCOB began its first cries of meetings on November 29. This Comittee was agtablished in accordance with the Re: Lution on Freferences adopted at New Delhi earlier this your.

2.

The main outcome of subse ucnt disenssions in the OBOD has been agreement that on March 1 1969 lists of oxceptions to profer.noys (ithin Chapter 25/99 of the Brussels Bomenclature) and positive liste of agricultural producto (Chapter 1/24 of the omenclature) should be tabled. devolo, monts have been reported by saving telegrame from wards, copies of which wore sont to Bruscole.

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3. I was infcomed by my Gornan colleague over the weekend that the European Leon:nic Commission have now put formard specific proposals for discussion among the Six about what should be tabled by the Oczmunity on March 1.

The most unwelcome feature of these propacale from cur oint of view is the complete exélupion of Hong Kong from

This seems to run counter to the referential benedito. Becommendation about beneficiary countries which as included in the out of the Special Group which worked in OLUD) in 1966 und 1967 and whose conclusioão were "broodly ender od on EG 3/2/60 at the OECD Mini.teril nooting held on December 1 1967.

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c.] 5. We shall want to consider with come care the implications

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of the proposule which the Com:iwoi、n have put forward. would be very helpful indood if you could got a copy of the toxt. It may well be that you have already got it and pont it to London; I do not recall having pon any report from jou

before I loft benton on November 20.

C. I am sending a copy of this letter tom. G. Morris (Dond of Tide) and to George Whitehead (500).

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Brussele.

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