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ADDRESSED F.C.0. TELEGRAM NUMBER 3267 OF 5 NOVEMBER 1973 REPTD
FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG, UKHIS GENEVA AND UKDEL BRUSSELS AND TOKYO.
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309 YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 2498: GENERALIZED PREFERENCES.
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VC HAVE TRIED THE FORMULA IN PARAGRAPHS 5 AND 6 OF HONG KONGS TELNO 30 S 762 TO YOU ON SOME OF HONG KONG'S SUPPORTERS IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT
MIOSE REACTION IS THE SAME AS OURS: NAMELY THAT IT WOULD BE A USEFUL NEGOTIATING POSITION IF HONG KONG'S INCLUSION YERE ALREADY AGREED SUBJECT TO SOME SAFEGUARD FORMULA, SUT THAT IT IS TOO LIMITED IN SCOPE AND TOO COMPLICATED TO STAND ANY CHANCE OF TERSUADING THE REST OF THE ADMINISTRATION TO MODIFY THEIR PRESENT NEGATIVE OUTLOOK, (ESPECIALLY AS IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT, DESPITE CRONK'S ASSURANCE REPORTED IN OUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 3122, THERE HAS BEEN A PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE IN HONG KONG, WHICH, THOUGH APPARENTLY NOT IN VERY PRECISE TERMS, IS CONDITIONALLY NEGATIVE).
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2. WE HAVE ALREADY ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS (INCLUDING A NEW APPROACH TO THE BUREAU OF EUROPEAN AFFAIRS WHICH TEBBIT MADE LAST WEEK) POINTED CUT TO THE AMERICANS THAT SOME SYSTEM OF SAFEGUARDS WOULD OVERCOME THEIR COMMERCIAL DIFFICULTIES OVER HONG KONG, AND WE HAVE SAID THAT THE UNITED KINGDOM AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENTS WOULD BE GLAD TO STUDY ANY SYSTEM THAT THEY CARED TO SUGGEST. SO THERE SEEMS LITTLE POINT IN MAKING MORE APPROACHES ALONG THESE LINES WALESS HONG KONG CAN AUTHORISE US TO MAKE SOME EYE-CATCHING AND UNCOMPLICATED SUGGESTION, SUCH AS THE ONE PROPOSED IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF OUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 3122 OR SOMETHING LIKE IT, WHICH WE CAN REPRESENT AS A NEW CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS BREAKING THE PRESENT
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