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(11) HONG KONG. I REITERATED OUR WISH TO SEE ADEQUATE

PROVISION MADE FOR HONG KONG'S INTERESTS: OUR DESIRE FOR IT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE UNCTAD PREFERENCE SCHEME: AND OUR WILLINGNESS TO DISCUSS HONG KONG AS SOON AS THE COMMUNITY WAS READY.

I SAID I HOPED SUCH DISCUSSION COULD BEGIN AT THE MEETING OF DEPUTIES ON 3-4 NOVEMBER. SACHS SAID THE COMMUNITY AGREED THAT HONG KONG SHOULD BE TACKLED SOON: THEY WOULD TRY TO MAKE PROGRESS IN THEIR INTERNAL DISCUSSION: AND THEY TOOK NOTE OF THE SUGGESTION THAT THE MATTER SHOULD BE ON THE DEPUTIES' AGENDA ON 3-4

NOVEMBER.

(11) NEW HEBRIDES, I ASKED HOW THE COMMUNITY WISHED TO PROCEED. SACHS SAID THAT IT WAS FOR THE TWO GOVERNMENTS RESPONSIBLE, FRANCE AND THE UK, TO SUBMIT A JOINT PROPOSAL FOR PART IV ASSOCIATION. BOEGNER (FRANCE), EMPHASISING THAT HE WAS NOT CONTRAVENING THE RULE THAT THE PRESIDENCY OF THE COUNCIL SPOKE ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, SAID THAT THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT HAD NO OBJECTION TO PRESENTING A JOINT PROPOSAL FOR ASSOCIATION.

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