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PRIORITY BRUSSELS
TELEGRAM NO. 45
CONFIDENTIAL
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TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG
5 NOVEMBER 1970
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ADDRESSED TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 45 OF 5 NOVEMBER 1970 AND RFI TO UKMIS GENEVA (FOR JONES) AND SAVING TO HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT OFFICE, LONDON,
FROM DODGE
ENLARGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS.
LAST NIGHT SIR CON O'NEILL BRIEFED COMMONWEALTH REPRESENT-
ATIVES HERE ON YESTERDAY'S SHORT MEETING OF DEPUTIES,
2. HONG KONG HAD BEEN ON THE AGENDA. SIR CON O'NEILL REPORTED
THAT SACHS HAD SAID THE COMMUNITY WAS NOW WORKING ON THIS SUBJECT
BUT WAS NOT YET IN A POSITION TO SAY ANYTHING. SACHS HAD GIVEN
NO INDICATION OF WHEN THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CARRY THE MATTER
FURTHER ON THEIR SIDE. SIR CON O'NEILL HAD THEN MADE A SHORT
STATEMENT CONTAINING HMG'S VIEWS, HER HOPES, RESPONSIBILITIES,
ETC. AS PREVIOUSLY, BUT CONCENTRATING PARTICULARLY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INCLUSION OF HONG KONG IN THE GPS, AND DRAWING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO HMG'S ALARM AT ANY POTENTIAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HONG KONG WHICH AN ENLARGED COMMUNITY WOULD NOT ITSELF BE ABLE TO EVADE. HE HAD REGRETTED THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS UNABLE
AT PRESENT TO CONTEMPLATE A SOLUTION FOR HONG KONG UNDER PART IV OF THE TREATY. THIS RESERVATION HAD ADDED IMPRTANCE TO THESE PROBLEMS. HE HAD FINALLY EXPRESSED THE HOPE THAT THE SIX WOULD
PRESENT THEIR VIEWS SOON.
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