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RIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER 71

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TO UKDEL EEC BRUSSELS 25 NOVEMBER 1969

(HKK 6/24)

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YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 264. COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY.

THE ARRANGEMENTS PROPOSED ARE SATISFACTORY. WE EXPECT THAT HUGHES WILL SEE THE COMMISSION VISITORS FOR PROPOSED GENERAL DISCUSSION IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON OF 1 DECEMBER.

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WE WILL ATTEMPT TO FIT INTO THE LATER AFTERNOON THE MEETING AT WHICH HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE PRESENT, LEAVING TUESDAY MORNING FOR ERNST'S BILATERAL TALKS WITH US. WE SHALL KEEP THE PROCEEDINGS AS INFORMAL AND ON AS SMALL A SCALE AS

POSSIBLE.

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3. THE SUBJECT COVERAGE IS ACCEPTABLE TO US. TIME OF WELLENSTEIN'S PROPOSED RETURN TO BRUSSELS?

STEWART

H.K.D.

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