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CYPHER/CAT A

PRIORITY UKDEL EC BRUSSELS

TELEGRAM NO. 413

CONFIDENTIAL 051835Z

CONFIDENTIAL

TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

05 OCTOBER 1973

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ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NO.1413CEIVED IN OF 5 OCTOBER 1970 REPEATED FOR INFORMATION PRIORITY TO HO REGISTRY No.43 KONG ROUTINE TO BONN THE HAGUE PARIS ROME UKMIS GENEVA (FOR JONES) AND SAVING TO BRUSSELS (FOR DODGE)

HONG KONG TELEGRAMS 634 AND 658 (NOT TO ALL). 8287) COTTON TEXTILES; HONG KONG/EEC

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MINISTER AND DODGE SAW HIJZEN AND ERNST THIS MORNING. WE REHEARSED THE MAIN HONG KONG ARGUMENTS, PARTICULARLY THE NEED FOR A FACTUAL STATEMENT IN JUSTIFICATION OF RESTRAINT, ON WHICH WE STRESSED H M G'S FIRM SUPPORT IN PRINCIPLE. WE CONCLUDED BY MENTIONING THE OFFER OF FIRM DATES IN HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 656 ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THIS MATM POINT WOULD BE CLEARED UP IN THE INTERIM. 2. KIJZEV STATED THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THAT DOCUMENTS TO THIS END WERE UNDER PREPARATION IN THE COMMISSION BUT THAT THEY HAD BEEN DELAYED BY STAFF SICKNESS. ERNST TOOK OVER AND ADMITTED IN PRINCIPLE THE NEED TO JUSTIFY THEIR REQUEST FOR RESTRAINT. HE CONFIRMED THAT A DOCUMENT WAS WELL IN HAND. FOR HIS OWN PART HE EXPRESSED PARTICULAR SATISFACTION AT THE VERY COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTS HE HAD RECENTLY RECEIVED FROM DORWARD WHICH, HE SAID, *SHOWED HONG KONG'S SERIOUS INTENTIONS FOR THE FIRST TIME+,

RC HOPED THAT THE COMMISSION DOCUMENT IN JUSTIFICATION WOULD BE READY THIS WEEK BUT THIS MIGHT NOT BE FEASIBLE. HE SUGGESTED THAT

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