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PURITY CODEL PRUSSELS
TELEGRAM NO, CODEL 135
CONFIDENTIAL. #71788Z
NEUTRAL
CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
7 OCTOBER 1977.
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ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NO. CODEL 125 OF 7 OCTOBER 1978 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO WASHINGTON UKMTS GENEVA HONGKONG TOKYO UKDEL C.E.C.D. AND BRUSSELS.
UKMIS GENEVA TEL. NO. 785.
UNCTAD PREFERENCES: HONG KONG
WE WOULD BE RELUCTANT TO TAKE THIS QUESTION UP YET AGAIN WITH THE COMMISSION SO SOON AFTER MINISTER SPOKE AT LENGTH TO THE
TWO DIRECTORS-GENERAL MOST DIRECTLY CONCERNED WITH THE UNCTAD PREFERENCE SCHEME AND THESE REPRESENTATIONS WERE REITERATED TO ONE OF THEM IN LONDON ON 24 SEPTEMBER, MOREOVER, IF TRAN IS RIGHT, AND HE HAS PROVED A SEASONABLY ACCURATE REPORTER IN THE PAST, WE ARE NOW FACED WITH FIRM OPPOSITION FROM THE MEMBER STATES: AND THE COMMISSION ARE LIKELY TO SHELTER BEHIND THIS,
2, WE WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THEREFORE THAT NO FURTHER ACTION SHOULD TE TAKEN IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING OF DEPUTIES ON 14 OCTUSER.
LE HAVE PREGSED THAT OUR PAPER ON DEPENDENT TERRITORIES SHOULD BE
DIXCUSSED ON THAT OCCASION AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE COMMUNITY
WILL THEN SAY THAT THEY CANNOT AGREE TO PART 1V ASSOCIATION FOR
HONG KONG. IF THEY CO, WE COULD IMMEDIATELY RESPOND WITH A
REASONED STATEMENT ON THE DESTRABILITY OF CONTRIBUTING TO A
SOLUTION OF HONG KONG 'S PROBLEMS ARISING FROM ENLARGEMENT BY
POLUDES, HER IN THE UNCTAD PREFERENCE SCHEME, CONCLUDING WITH
A PLEA THAT THE COMMUNITY, WHILE CANSIDERING THIS POINT, SHOULD
TAKE RO ACTICA TO EXCLUDE HOPG KONG.
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F C C PLEASE PASS PRIGRITY TO WASHINGTON UKMIS GENEVA HONG KONG
AND ROUTINE TO TOKYO AND SAVING TO UXDEL 0.E.C.3.
COPIES PASSED TO PUSSELS,
SER J. MAJORTSÅNKS.
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