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HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 27 TO WASHINGTON

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KONG.

WHAT WE DID SAY WAS THAT, IF REQUESTED, HONG KONG WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO TALK, WITHOUT COMMITMENT, WITH ANY OF ITS TRADING PARTNERS ABOUT MUTUAL PROBLEMS, HAVVING REGARD TO ARTICLE XXII OF THE GATT (SEE HONG KONG SAVING DESPATCH 652 OF 30 MAY. IF YOU FIND

AMONG YOUR CONTACTS THAT WHAT HONG KONG SAID IS BEING DISTORTED

IN THE WAY INDICATED NO DOUBT YOU WILL DO YOUR BEST TO SET THE

RECORD STRAIGHT.

F C O PLEASE PASS PRIORITY WASHINGTON AND ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA.

SIR D. TRENCH

[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]

INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION

COMMODITIES D.

HONG KONG. D.

F..

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