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THE U.S. WOULD BE GREATLY ENHANCED: AND SINCE 42 PER CENT OF HONG KONG'S EXPORTS GO TO THE U.S.. THE BURDEN ON THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY DIMINISHED.
3. MOREOVER, WE DO NOT SEE ANY INCOMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE PRESSURE WE ARE EXERTING ON THE COMMUNITY IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR EARLY AND FAVOURABLE CONSIDERATION OF THEIR INCLUSION OF HONG KONG IN THE GPS, AND YOUR ANXIETY THAT THE COMMON COMMERCIAL POLICY SHOULD NOT BE FIRNED UP TO YOUR DISADVANTAGE. IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING HONG KONG INCLUDED IN THE GPS, WE WILL HAVE SECURED ONE OF YOUR IMPORTANT AIMS. IF WE ARE UNSUCCESSFUL, THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE THAT MUCH LESS LIKELY TO ADMINISTER ANOTHER REBUFF BY INCREASING THE ILLIBERALITY OF THEIR COMMERCIAL POLICY TOWARDS HONG KONG.
4. WE BELIEVE THAT WE MUST PRESS ON WITH THE SIX AND AIM TO GET A FAVOURABLE RESPONSE BEFORE OTHER MAJOR DONORS HAVE A CHANCE TO DECLARE THEIR FINAL EXCLUSION OF HONG KONG. ONCE THIS HAS HAPPENED NE SEE NO CHANCE OF REVERSING THEIR DECISION EITHER IN NEGOTIATIONS OR, ELSEWHERE. THIS MSE OF OUR NEGOTIATING CONFERENCE WITH THE STX AS THE MOST SUITABLE AND, WE THINK, EFFECTIVE WAY OF SECURING THE COMMUNITY'S AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE HONG KONG IN THE GPS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE DEVOTING 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 EEC
JOS (THEIR TELEGRAM NO. 240) POINTED OUT THAT ANY APPROACH ON GPS COULD
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