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CYPHER/CAT A
PRIORITY WASHINGTON
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3645
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NEUTRAL.
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
9 DECEMBER 1970
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ADDRESSED TO F.C.O. TELEGRAM NUMBER 3645 OF 9 DECEMBER REPEATED
FOR INFORMATION TO HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, UKDEL E.E.C., AND (TOKYO,
F.C.O. PLEASE COPY TO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT LONDON OFFICE. YOUR TELEGRAM 2834 AND HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 61 TO ME:
GENERALIZED PREFERENCES.
HERMANN TALKED TO CRONK TODAY. C. SAID THAT IN THE LIGHT OF
THE APPARENT MOVEMENT BY THE E.E.C. TOWARDS ACCEPTANCE OF HONG KONG THE STATE DEPARTMENT WAS PREPARING NOW TO REOPEN THE QUESTION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND THE WHITE HOUSE. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THEM IF THE MEETING BETWEEN MR. HEATH AND MR. NIXON NEXT WEEK RESULTED IN AN INSTRUCTION FROM THE PRESIDENT TO RE-EXAMINE THE PRESENT U.S.
POSITION.
2. WHEN PRESSED ON THE REQUIREMENT OF A JAPANESE CONTRIBUTION CRONK AGREED THAT IT WAS UNREASONABLE AND. INDICATED THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT WOULD GO AHEAD WITHOUT IT, BUT WARNED THAT IT MIGHT STILL BE A DANGEROUS STUMBLING BLOCK AT A LATER STAGE.
3. HE HAD BEEN THINKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY SUGGESTED IN YOUR PARAGRAPH 2, NAMELY INCLUDING HONG KONG ON A SIMILAR BASIS TO THAT LIKELY TO BE ADOPTED BY THE E.E.C., BUT WAS RATHER AFRAID OF ITS SIMPLICITY: THE CONGRESS MIGHT HAVE THE BRIGHT IDEA OF EXTENDING YT TO ALL COUNTRIES. SOMETHING SPECIALLY TAILORED TO HONG KONG MIGHT BE SAFER. HERMANN THEREFORE THOUGHT IT DESIREABLE TO EXPOUND THE SUGGESTION IN HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 762 TO YOU, OF WHICH CRONK TOOK DETAILED NOTES. H. ADDED THAT HONG KONG WOULD BE GLAD TO DISCUSS ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS OR DIFFICULTIES OVER SPECIFIC PRODUCTS. HE EMPHASIZED THAT HONG KONG WOULD FOR ITS OWN REASONS, WISH TO RELIEVE THE U.S. OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF ANY SCHEME BASED ON LIMITED INCLUSION. CRONK SAID THE SUGGESTION MIGHT WELL
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