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TO HONG KONG TEL NO CREDA 13 12/11 UNIT 1 CYPHER/CAT A OCONNOR

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ROUTINE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELEGRAM NUMBER CREDA 13

TO HONG KONG

12 NOV 69:

CONFIDENTIAL.

FOLLOWING FROM GOLDSMITH TO JORDAN

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER OF 1 NOVEMBER.

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REF.

2. TALKS ARE NOW PLANNED FOR 1 AND 2 DECEMBER., WHEN ERNST WILL BE IN LONDON ON OTHER MATTERS. APART FROM HONG KONG AND THE E.E.C. WE INTEND TO TALK ABOUT TEXTILES. OUR INTENTION IS TO KEEP THE TALKS AS INFORMAL AS POSSIBLE. OUR OBJECT SHOULD BE, I THINK, TO PROBE THE COMMISSION'S INTENTIONS AS FAR AS WE CAN AND, WITHOUT COMMITTING OURSELVES TO ANY PARTICULAR REACTION, REMIND THEM OF THE GATT POSITION AND CONVEY THE IDEA THAT THEY CAN EXPECT CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTIES IF THEY ARE THINKING OF EXTENDING RESTRICTIONS ON HONG KONG'S TRADE. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING OUT OUR LINE WITH YOU MORE FULLY WHEN YOU ARE IN LONDON ROUND ABOUT 24 NOVEMBER.

3. TO MAINTAIN THE INFORMAL CHARACTER OF THE TALKS, I AM TRYING TO KEEP DOWN THE NUMBERS OF THOSE INVOLVED, IF YOU ARE YOURSELF ABLE TO BE IN LONDON THEN, YOUR OWN PARTICIPATION WOULD PERHAPS BE SUFFICIENT FROM HONG KONG.