involved in the establishment of a Community position".
If the Commission pursued this tack in
answering our representations there would seem
to be only two possible courses open to us :-
(a) to threaten to arraign the
(b)
Community in GATT. This could do
our own cause no good, and I feel
fairly sure that Hong Kong would not
consider its interests best served
by this action;
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to offer consultations under
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Article XXII and then leave Hong
Kong to make the best deal that it
can in the ensuing bilateral
discussions.
Alternatively the Commissi on,
without arguing the GATT aspects, might
offer discussions with a view to some
amelioration; we could then again leave
Hong Kong to seek the best possible
settlement.
I would emphasise that we have not yet
consulted Hong Kong. We know that when these
discriminatory proposals were tabled Dodge
(the Counsellor for Hong Kong's commercial
affairs in Brussels) was strongly in favour of
a formal protest, but nothing has been heard
from Hong Kong.
Nevertheless
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because we think that
there is a strong case for not delaying any
representations, we propose to suggest to
Hong Kong an approach to the Commission
setting out our ideas on form, timing and
content. I should be grateful for your
views.
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