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2. TRAN SAID THAT DI MARTINO (COMMISSION) HAD PROPOSED THE INCLUSION OF HONG KONG AND HAD PUT FORWARD CERTAIN TENTATIVE IDEAS ON SPECIAL CONDITIONS, DETAILS OF WHICH TRAN WAS NOT PREPARED TO GIVE AT THIS STAGE. THERE HAD BEEN GENERALLY FAVOURABLE REACTIONS FROM ALL THE NATIONAL DELEGATIONS EXCEPT THE FRENCH, WHO HAD NOT HAD INSTRUCTIONS. IT HAD BEEN AGREED THAT THE GROUP SHOULD MEET AGAIN ON 19 AND 26 NOVEMBER TO CONTINUE THE

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3. TRAN ADDED THAT, FOR HIS VISIT TO THE FAR EAST, DAHRENDORF HAD BEEN GIVEN A BRIEF ON HONG KONG'S POSITION IN THE UNCTAD PREFERENCE SCHEME WHICH SUGGESTED THAT IN HONG KONG HE SHOULD VERELY SAY THAT THE QUESTION OF POSSIBLE INCLUSION WAS BEING STUDIED WITH SYMPATHY; AND THAT IN TOKYO HE SHOULD SAY THAT THE COMMUNITY WAS LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF INCLUDING HONG KONG IN THE GREATEST DETAIL AND THAT THEY THEREFORE HOPED THAT THE JAPANESE WOULD IN THE MEANWHILE TAKE NO DECISION TO EXCLUDE HONG KONG.

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