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additions to their list once it is presented to the Diet.

It seems therefore that the Japanese decision on

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Hong Kong cannot be much longer delayed and unless

Hong Kong see serious objections you should make an early approach to the Japanese with the proposal that they

should include Hong Kong in their preference scheme to

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the extent that she is included in the schemes of the

BEC and the USA.

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You might say that we have good grounds for

hoping for a favourable EEC decision in the fairly hear

future and that this is bound to influence the United

States. As regards the qualifications which the EEC

are likely to attach to their acceptance of Hong kong

you might suggest that since the United States offer

excludes textiles and footwear, the EEC may well elect

to do likewise. If the Japanese object that they cannot

wait for the decisions of the EEC and USA and cannot be

expected to take on trust that they will eventually Opcid

in Hong Kong's favour, you might suggest that the

Jagunese could adequately protect themselves by

qualifying their offer generally by a reserve to the

effect that it would be modified as necessary in she

light of the beneficiary lists of other donor countries" (or if this seemed not specific enough) as a rider so the

crfect that Hong Kong's inclusion in their list was

Eubject to Hong Kong not being excluded from the lists

of other major donors when published.

We gather incidentally from approaches to DTI and

curselves by the Japanese here for a muss of factual

material about the trade and payments of the dependent

(other than Hong Kong) which

territories we have notified as prima facie beneficiaries

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that the Japanese may now be considering including

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