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PRIORITY UKDEL EC BRUSSELS

TELEGRAM NO. 22

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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

30 JANUARY 1970

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ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NO. 22 OF 33 JANUARY 1970 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG UKMIS GENEVA (PASS COPY TO JONES) AND SAVING TO WASHINGTON (FOR HERMANN)

UKMIS GENEVA TELEGRAM NO. 6 TO HONG KONG.

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ERNST INVITED MINISTER TO CALL YESTERDAY SO THAT HE COULD ASCERTAIN WHAT WOULD BE THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT'S REACTIONS TO THE IDEAS WHICH HE HAD DISCUSSED WITH THE HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVES ON 26 JANUARY.

2. ERNST SPOKE ON THE LINES RECORDED IN PARAGRAPHS 1 - 6 OF UKMIS CENEVA TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE, WITH THE FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS :

(A) HE DID IMPLY THAT EXPORT CONTROL WOULD BE CONCEDED BY FRANCE. (B) HE HAD CLEARLY NOT REPEAT NOT REGISTERED WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT THE REVISED EXPORT FIGURES FOR 1969 IN THE LAST SENTENCE OF PARA- GRAPH 4 OF THE TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE AND HE CONTINUED TO SPEAK IN TERMS OF EITHER THE AVERAGE OF IMPORTS IN THE THREE YEARS 1967/9 WITH GROWTH OR THE +EXCEPTIONAL+ 1969 PERFORMANCE WITHOUT GROWTH, 1 (IN THE LIGHT OF THIS, DODGE IS ARRANGING FOR A NOTE ON THE FIGURES TO BE SENT TO ERNST.)

(C) HE APPEARED TO HAVE MOVED STILL FURTHER IN THE DIRECTION OF SYMPATHY TOWARDS +FLEXIBILITY+ WHICH HE CONCEIVED AS INCLUDING CARRYOVER AND ANTICIPATION AND SWING, THOUGH ALL OF THESE WITHIN

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