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PRIORITY CODEL BRUSSELS
TELEGRAM NO. CODEL 113
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE 10 OCTOBER 1972
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ADDRESSED TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELEGRAM NO. CODEL 113 OF 10 OCTOBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO WASHINGTON UKMIS GENEVA UKDEL CECD HONG KONG TOKYO AND WELLINGTON AND SAVING TO BRUSSELS.
MY TELEGRAM NO. 125 (NOT TO ALL) GENERALISED PREFERENCES
HONG KONG.
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AN OPPORTUNITY DID, HOWEVER, PRESENT ITSELF ON THE EVENING OF 9 OCTOBER FOR MINISTER TO SPEAK ON THIS SUBJECT TO THE MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION RESPONSIBLE FOR EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND EXTERNAL TRADE.
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CHRISTOFAS DID NOT (RPT NOT) NEED TO REHEARSE IN DETAIL THE ARGUMENTS FOR INCLUDING HONG KONG AS DAHRENDORF PROVED TO SE WELL AWARE OF THEM. BUT HE DID URGE DAHRENDORF THAT, AT ALL COSTS, THE COMMUNITY SHOULD NOT (RPT NOT) TAKE ANY ACTION WHICH WOULD POSITIVELY EXCLUDE HONG KONG.
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DAHRENDORF WAS SURPRISINGLY SYMPATHETIC. HE SAID THATHMG'S SELECTIVITY IN THE CONTEXT OF ENLARGEMENT (WHICH HE DEFINED AS CONCENTRATING ON NEW ZEALAND AND HONG KONG AS THE REAL PRIORITY PROBLEMS IN THE COMMONWEALTH) HAD BEEN FAVOURABLY NOTICED IN COMMUNITY CIRCLES. HE BELIEVED THAT HMG'S TACTICS WERE WISE AND THAT THEY STOOD A GOOD CHANCE OF BRINGING ABOUT A SATISFACTORY RESPONSE.
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F C O PASS ROUTINE TO WASHINGTON AMIS GENEVA UKDEL O E CO HONG KONG TOKYO AND WELLINGTOX.
PASSED SAVING TO BRUSSELS.
SIR J. MARJORI BANKS.
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