REGISTRY NJ.51
- 3 JAN 1970
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ΤΟ FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO 29
2 FEBRUARY 1970
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ADDRESSED TO F C O TELEGRAM 110. 29 OF 2 FEBRUARY REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO BONN WASHINGTON (FOR HERMAN) UKMIS GENEVA (FOR JONES) GOVERNOR HONG KONG HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON AND SAVING TO BRUSSELS (FOR DODGE).
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UKMIS GENEVA TELEGRAM NO. 6 TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG AND UKDEL EEC TELEGRAM NO. 22.
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THE COMMERCIAL COUNSELLOR IN THE GERMAN PERMANENT REPRESENT- ATION HERE TOLD US ON 2 FEBRUARY THAT ERNST HAD BEEN IN BONN AT THE END OF LAST WEEK, SUBSEQUENT TO HIS DISCUSSION WITH HONG KONG OFFICIALS, TO TALK ABOUT RENEWAL OF THE LTA WITH GERMAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND, IN PARTICULAR, WITH THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, ON THAT OCCASION, ERNST HAD TOLD GERMAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS IN RESPONSE TO THEIR URGING THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD WORK FOR THE INCLUSION OF A SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH FACTOR IN THE RENEWED AGREEMENT, THAT HE UNDERSTOOD FROM HONG KONG OFFICIALS THAT THEY WERE PREPARED TO ACCEPT THE LEVEL OF EXPORTS TO THE COMMUNITY WHICH THEY HAD ACHIEVED IN 1969. GERMAN OFFICIALS WERE UPSET AT THUS HAVING THE GROUND CUT UNDER THEIR FEET.
2. WE HAVE NOW CONVEYED THE GIST OF THE TWO TELEGRAMS UNDER REFERENCE TO THE GERMAN PERANENT REPRESENTATION HERE, WHO WILL BE REPORTING TO BONN. BUT YOU MAY WISH TO REPEAT TO BONN THE FULL TEXTS OF THE TELEGRAMS UNDER REFERENCE IN CASE OFFICIALS FROM THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS ASK FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
F C O PASS ROUTINE TO BONN WASHINGTON UKMIS GENEVA GOVERNOR HONG KONG AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
MR. CHRISTOFAS
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED TO WASHINGTON,
UK MISSION GENEVA, BONI, GOV. HONG KONG]
[ADVANCE COPY SENT TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
OFFICE LONDON]
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