CONFIDENTIAL
CYFIER / CAT A
MEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2804
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TO
WASHINGTON
OF 8 DECEMBER 1970
CONFIDENTIAL. 0812452.
NEUTRAL
ADDRESSED TO WASHINGTON TELEGRAM NUMBER 2034 OF 8 DECEMBER REPEATED FOR INFORMATION TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG UKMIS GENEVA
UKDEL EEC AND TOKYO.
YOUR TELEGRAM NUMBER 89 TO HONG KONG : GENERALISED PREFERENCES. YOU WILL BY NOW HAVE RECEIVED OECD SAVINGRAMS 88, 90 AND 91, RECORDING LACK OF SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON THE QUESTION OF BENEFICIARIES. HOWEVER, CRONK IS NOW AWARE OF THE KIND OF ARRANGEMENT FOR HONG KONG WE HOPE TO OBTAIN FROM THE E E C.
2. SUBJECT TO HONG KONG'S COMMENTS, WE THEREFORE SUGGEST THAT YOU URGE THE ADMINISTRATION TO INCLUDE HONG KONG IN
THEIR PREFERENCE SCHEME ON A BASIS EQUIVALENT TO THE E E DC
SCHEME. YOU MAY SAY THAT WE HAVE GOOD HOPES FOR A FAVOURABLE
DECISION FROM THE COMMUNITY BEFORE LONG, AND THAT IT WOULD THEREFORE BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE USA
USA TO AWAIT THE,EEC
PROPOSALS BEFORE REACHING ANY DECISION ON HONG KONG. WE TRUST
THAT THE US DECISION WILL IN ANY CASE BE CONDITIONALLY POSITIVE, AND THAT THEY WILL AT THE SAME TIME DROP THE REQUIRE- MENT FOR ANY JAPANESE CONTRIBUTION, WHICH WOULD BE INSIGNIFICANT IN TRADE TERMS: THE UK AND EEC TAKE NEARLY EIGHT TIMES
MORE OF HONG KONG'S EXPORTS THAN DOES JAP AN.
34 THE DETAILED PROPOSALS IN HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 762 HOULD THUS BE BETTER KEPT AS A FALLBACK POSITION. YOU COULD HOWEVER SAY, IN ORDER TO GIVE AN IMPRESSION OF FLEXIBILITY,
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