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the heading which might road "Hong Kong to

Lilete al Courorell Relations (exclufing

Lion? Long/0.K. Brede)"; the proviso which was added to the end of para. 4 during our last

dijensions ith you would thm woler only

to bileter? occasions when Hong Kong night

De rap sunbed by HG.

The io se, wo thirk, for such

esclusi.

It would not be easy to formulate

Let of rules for douling with all the various

oitu tion that may arise in international

organisations.

We would need to set out the

munition in the sorewht stark berms of the

trict co titutional position which could lead

to difficulties of presentation with your

modfici: 1 advisers - whereas in practice

suvarcelonts can be rade to handle meny

situations in a much now flexible way, 0.5.

in the Cotton Textiles Com ittee.

8.

On the other hand, as noted in para. 5

above, the statement of genord principles

contated in the rest of the docent (with the

c.ception of pera.7) is as relevant to the

conduct of business in intern 63mmel organise-

tions which affects your interests as it is to

the conduct of bilateral roletions; and I have

no doubt that you would vich those principles to

apply over this wider field. To this end I

sug out that the si toment mi 1t be amended to

make it clear that pazar. 3 und 4 relate to

bilateral discussions ard nogobi tions; that,

in peru

.4, though we aree that the words "es

anneopriate" should be deleted

ckccision