CONFIDENTIAL
CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY BRUSSELSS TO FOREIGN AND COMMONUMALIM OFFICE
PRIORITY BRUSSELS TEL.NO. 37 TO HONG KONG 7 OCTOBER 1970 CONFIDENTIAL 071140%
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ADDSD TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG TEL NO. 37 OF 7 OCTOBER RFI TO UKMIS GENEVA (FOR JONES), F C O, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT LONDON OFFICE, AND SAVING TO UKDEL E E C.
FROM DODGE,
COTTON TEXTILES HONG KONG/E E C.
REFERENCE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION DORWARD/DODGE,
2. 1 SUBSEQUENTLY CONTACTED ERNST AND HE WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE OF CONFIRMATION OF NEGOTIATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK BEGINNING OCTOBER 19, HE THOUGHT IT FEASIBLE THAT EFFECTIVELY FULL-SCALE NEGOTIATIONS COULD CONTINUE BEYOND TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, CERTAINLY SOME TIME ON THE WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN LATER IN
THE WEEK, ALTHOUGH THE REPRESENTATION OF THE MEMBER STATES, WHICH IS TO SOME EXTENT EY COURTESY OF THE COMMISSION AC SPOKESMAN,
MIGHT WELL NOT BE ON THE SAME SCALE AFTER THE FIRST TWO DAYS.
3. ERNST PROPOSED COMMENCING WITH AN INITIAL THREE-HOUR SESSION
FROM 13 A.M. ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 19. I INDICATED THAT THIS WOULD
BE SATISFACTORY.
4. AS FAR AS HIS OWN MOVEMENTS WERE CONCERNED ERNST, AS YOU WILL APPRECIATE, COULD NOT BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN AT THIS STAGE
BUT PROMISED TO LET ME KNOW IMMEDIATELY THERE WAS ANY SUGGESTION
OF A CHANGE IN THE ARRANGEMENTS.
5. HE THOUGHT THIS VERY UNLIKELY AND IMPLIED THAT HIS ASSISTANT, PAOLI, MIGHT EVEN ACT AS SPOKESMAN IN HIS STEAD IF HE WAS
NECESSARILY REQUIRED ELSEWHERE AT THE LAST MOMENT.
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