Hong Kong Dept. (Mr. Stewart)
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UNCTAD Preferences: Modification of
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offer
attached draft of is to be discussed inter-departmentally
a paper for PCO which
21 July
2. It states the arguments for
free quota system
our attitude
o
been formulated in
orr
a
duty
familiar lines and
Las already
towards this
the submission.
You
prepared recently for Mr. Combs.
want to look in particular
well however
at
para 33
33 of
the
paper
in passing
which mentions
parsing the problem of beneficiaries Para 24, which considers whether our
reservations abart
the exclusion of from the offer would still be
textles
valid if
we adopted
a quota system, may
also be
of
interest
3. I note that the paper refers to consultations with developed and developing
Commonwealth countries
dependent territories.
but not to the
We shall
clearly
have
to send copies of a revised submission to
all those territories, including Hong Kong.
which received the earhin
think Hong Kong need
to
version. Do be informed
you
before this of
what
4.
urgently May today.
is
in
оли
mind.
It would be helpful to have
and of at all possible by close of
Anne Stoddart
comments
your
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