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PRIORITY WASHINGTON TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

PRIORITY WASHINGTON TEL.NO. 77 TO HONG KONG OF 19 OCTOBER 1970

CONFIDENTIAL. 1921392. [NEUTRA,

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ADDRESSED TO HONGKONG TEL NO 77 OF 19/18 REPEATED FOR

INFORMATION TO FCO (NEUTRAL), TOKYO, UKDEL BRUSSELS AND UKM!S

GENEVA.

PREFERENCES,

TEBBIT WILL BE ACCOMPANYING EDWARDES (BOT) ON CALLS ON! U.S. OFFICIALS LATER THIS WEEK. THIS COULD PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO PRESS THE AMERICANS AGAIN ON HONGKONG'S INCLUSION, ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE ANY NEW POINTS THAT WE COULD MAKE,

WE ARE INTERESTED BY THE SUGGESTION IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF TOKYO

261) TELEGRAM NO 768 TO FCO THAT A THREAT TO A DOMESTIC INDUSTRY MIGHT

BE AVERTED BY A BILATERAL AGREEMENT

WHICH WE TAKE TO IMPLY AN

UNDERTAKING BY HONGKONG TO RESTRAIN EXPORTS EITHER OF CERTAIN PREDETERMINED PRODUCTS OR OF ANY SPECIFIC PRODUCT THAT TURNED OUT TO BE TOO SUCCESSFUL OWING TO PREFERENTIAL TARIFFS,

3. IF IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THE AMERICANS ARE STILL UMPERSUADED BY OUR PREVIOUS ARCUMENTS, WOULD YOU CONSIDER IT DESIRABLE FOR US TO SUGGEST SUCH A POSSIBILITY TO THEM AS A WAY OUT OF THEIR DIFFICULTIES? ALTERNATIVELY, IF YOU PREFER TO AVOID ANY

ALTERNATIVELY

SUGGESTION OF VOLUNTARY RESTRAINT, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE FOR US TO MTIMATE THAT HONG KONG WOULD NOT OBJECT TO EXCLUSION OF A FEW SPECIFIC TRODUCTS PROVIDED SHE WERE INCLUDED IN GENERAL?

40 PLEASE REPLY BY WEDNESDAY EVENING (YOUR TIME) IF POSSIBLE. FCO PASS PRIORITY HONGKONG ROUTINE TOKYO UKDEI BRUSSELS AND

UKMIS GENEVA.

MR FREEMAN.

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