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You will wish to see the attached record by Mr. Tebbit of the talk which he and I had with Mr. Bergsten of the White House staff in Washington last Friday. Although there is not much in it which is really new, both Mr. Tebbit and I found enough in what Mr. Bergsten said to justify regarding this as a useful discussion. In particular, it tended to strengthen my impression that the White House is genuinely hostile to the Trade Bill in its present form; and the fact that Mr. Bergsten, like all the other American officials on whom I called, disclaimed all knowledge of Japanese intentions over textiles, whereas he must have known a good deal about the news which broke over the weekend, suggests that an agreement with the Japanese remains a key factor in determining the Administration's attitude towards the Bill. In other words, this talk, for both positive and negative reasons, contained some genuinely encouraging elements.

2. I hope that I did not go too far in pressing the case for including Hong Kong in the General Preference Scheme.

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