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Your telegrams nos. 738 & 740: Hong Kong & EEC

We regret any misunderstanding that has arisen

CODEL Brussels between us on tactics for Hong Kong's inclusion in

'the UNCTAD Scheme. But we believe, and CODEL Brus -

sels support this belief, that we must continue to

press the six both at the negotiating table and li-

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2. The most telling argument why the Six should

include Hong Kong in the Generalised Freferences

Scheme is directly linked with the enlargement of

the Community. This argument goes: if Hong long

were excluded by the Community, she would also be

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