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CONFIDENTIAL

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OUTINE BRUSSELS

TELEGRAM NUMBER 36

CONFIDENTIAL [NEUTRAL]

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# ONG KONG

7 OCTOBER 1970

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ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG TEL NO. 36 OF 7 OCTOBER RFI TO UK MISSION, GENEVA (FOR JONES) AND SAVING TO UKDEL EEC.

FROM DODGE

COTTON TEXTILES

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HONG KONG JEEC

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REFERENCE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION DORWARD/DODGE.

THE FULL TEXT OF ERNST'S LETTER OF OCTOBER 6 IS AS FOLLOWS:- QUOTE I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS WHICH MR, DODCE HAS FORWARDED TO MR. RAVENNA A FEW DAYS AGO.

ALTHOUGH I AM NOT ABLE TO COMMIT THE COMMUNITY AT THIS MOMENT, I THINK THAT THE ABOVE MENTIONED INFORMATION WILL GIVE US FULL SATISFACTION AS WELL FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE EXPLANATION

ON ORIGIN CONTROL AS FOR THE PROPOSALS ON EXPORT LICENCING

PROCEDURES. I FURTHER CONSIDER THE DRAFT SIDE-LETTERS IN LINE

WITH OUR COMMON THINKING.

REGARDING THE PROBLEM OF CARRY-OVER INTO THE COMMUNITY AGREE- MENT FROM THE ACTUAL GERMAN AND BENELUX BILATERALS, I AM PERSONALLY IN FAVOUR OF SUCH A POSSIBILITY, BUT THE FINAL ANSWER COULD BE

GIVEN TO YOU ONLY AFTER CONSULTATIONS WITH OUR MEMBER STATES.

THUS, I STILL HOPE THAT IT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS STARTING ON THE 19 OCTOBER 1979, WHERE THE NEGOTIATION-COMMITTEE OF THE MEMBER STATES WILL BE

PRESENT IN BRUSSELS.

I UNDERSTAND, THAT YOUR CONFIRMATION WILL BE SUBJECT TO SOME FURTHER JUSTIFICATION OF OUR REQUEST BEING GIVEN TO

YOU BEFORE THAT DATE.

I WISH TO ENSURE YOU THAT ON THIS PARTICULAR POINT THE

COMMISSION IS PREPARING A DOCUMENT WHICH WE HOPE TO BE ABLE

TO SEND TO YOUR REPRESENTATION HERE BEFORE THE END OF THIS WEEK UNQUOTE.

CONFIDENTIAL

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