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I submit a draft reply from the Chancellor
of the Duchy of Lancaster to Mr Hamm's letter of
10 July from the Hong Kong Association. The reply
has been agreed by Hong Kong Dept.
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While the Communities recognise the special
case of Hong Kong, there is no reason to expect
that they will countenance Hong Kong association
with the enlarged Communities, any more than they did
in 1962. Hong Kong is certainly a question which
we shall need to discuss in negotiations. Ministers
have provisionally agreed that we should seek to
prevent the Community adopting the French
restrictive policy towards Hong Kong as the basis
for a Common Commercial Policy. Meanwhile, we shall
continue to seek participation forHong Kong in the
UNCTAD Generalised Preferences Scheme, although
the prospects even for this appear none too good.
The Hong Kong Government accept that they are
unlikely to receive any special benefits from our
We negotiations but/wil presse, if they are ecluded
from the UNCTAD Scheme, for similar treatment to be
given to their main competitors Thaiwan and South
Korea. It would be inappropriate at this point
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