TNAG-0238-FCO40-274-Trade-relations-between-EEC-and-Hong-Kong-1970 — Page 5

CYPHER/CAT A

(IST)

ROUTINE BRUSSELS

TELEGRAM NO. 57

CONFIDENTIAL

221435Z

/NEUTRAL/

FROM DODGE

CONFIDENTIAL

TO

TOP COPY

FONG KONG

22 DECEMBER 1979

HONG KONG/EEC COTTON TEXTILES

MY TELEGRAM NO. 53.

761

161

EEC TRADE GROUP MET YESTERDAY. THERE IS NO OBJECTION IN PRINCIPLE TO IMPLEMENTATION ON JANUARY 1 AND ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS ARE BEING MADE ACCORDINGLY, PAOLI ASSURES ME THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES BUT A FORMAL REPLY TO MY LETTER (THE TEXT OF WHICH WAS AS IN YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 16) DOES PRESENT HIM WITH SOME PROBLEMS. ERNST IS ON

LEAVE UNTIL JANUARY 5. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE PROBLEMS CAN

BE RESOLVED BY A NOTE VERBALE. I IMPRESSED ON PAOLI THAT THE MATH POINT WAS TO ENSURE THAT THE MEMBER STATES MADE EFFECTIVE

IMPORT ARRANGEMENTS,

SIR J. BEITH

/SENT AS REQUESTED TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG/

INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION

HONG KONG DEPT.

COMMODITIES DEPT.

E.1.0.

TRADE POL. DEPT.

NNNNN

CONFIDENTIAL

REVOD IN REGISTRY N«. 1 23DLC 1970

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