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21.
Q.
A.
Unpopular though it
may be in Hong Kong,
there must be a better
quote than this.
Would not Britain try to force the other Common Market countries to let in cheap industrial goods from low-cost U.K. dependencies such as Hong Kong?
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"During the 1961-63 negotiations between the Community and Britain it was provisionally agreed
that, with one or two exceptions, association
under part four of the Treaty of Rome would be.
appropriate for our dependent territories. We
trust that you would still agree that for these territories this is the best arrangement. We
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should discuss together the position of any
dependent territory for which association is
not appropriate".
(Mr. George Brown to WEU Council, The Hague, 7 July
1967)
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