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any less effort to the American and Japanese fronts.
You will have been aware from recent telegrams from
Washington and Tokyo that we are continuing to press
for Hong Kong's inclusion. It is simply that we see
negotiations as the best way in which we may achieve
what we both want.
5. The linking of Hong Kong's inclusion in the GPS
and our EEC negotiations was intimated as long ago as
June when UKDEL ERC (their telegram no. 240) pointed
out that any approach on GPS could not be entirely
dissociated from our application for membership. In
your telegram no. 394 you agreed with this assessment.
Again, in the aide-memoire which wo submitted to the
to UKDEL EEC, paragraph 4 refers Bix on 9 July (FC0 telegram no.88/); and have now
circulated as a Conference document we made the inter-
was made
connection/clear in the fourth paragraph.
6. We have, as you know, always seen the necessity of
officials meeting in late 1970 to discuss the details
of Hong Kongin relation to the negotiations. The fatt
that the subject of dependent territories, including
Hong Kong has now come to the boil rather sooner than
might have been expected, and that in consequence wo
have had to act on Hong Kong's behalf without having
had the chance previously for a detailed discussion
your with her officials, makes it all the more important
in our view that such a mecting should be held as soon
/as possible.
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