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7.

The

This brings me to the final paragraph

NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN

(with them)

che

formented/

St- seems to me than,

even though this poulical

factor, is no longer

Hong Kong will operative, we shatt have to consider whether

The Sweden have a cove

for reneural

one straight commercial Grounds Just as

we had lö comidalt with The Canadians

Comactar on the renewal

of the restraint agreement 'with them calihongh it was

Imbres

-folynesie (blender) originally

intended be for frentarobe one year only 7.

of Hong Kong telegram with its reference to

our request that before they replied to

Baron De Geer's letter of 7 February (the

one which he confirmed the statement made by

the Swedish delegation that the restraint

levels just agreed should not be considered

a precedent) they should agree their

terus with ourselves. We made this point

Because we remembered the argument at our

meeting with yourselves on 2 January it was argued

that té present agreement

with

the Swedes

because

should not be extended at all on the grounds

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that it would not have been entered into

A

but for the Swedish pre-election difficulties, which have now disappeared. I find it

difficult to see how we can continue to take

recent

that line after the test round of

negotiationeut do not wich Hong Kong

to reply to Baron De Geer's letter in such

Supposing terms as to destroy that argument is we did

wish to use it. This seems to me the

Et ques

way and

You

we have

clear out of the

ou may think that we ought to These matters

discuss it together with the other questions

I have priced in this celtox at the meeting.

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