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SECURITY CLASSIFICATION

Top Secret.

Secret.

Confidential.

Restricted.

Unclassified,

PRIVACY MARKING

In Confidence

Letter

Type i

To:-

J.H. Hamm Esq

Chairman,

The Hong Kong Association,

Borad St House

54 Old Broad St

From

Mr Barber

Telephone No. & Ext,

Department

EC 2

NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN

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Hong Kongi

Literal".

Thank you for your letter of 10 July. I was

very glad to have an early statement of the views

of your Association on Hong Kong's position in our

negotiations for entry to the European Communities,

and your kind offer of assistance.

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will of course

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The Government is aware of its responsibility al

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allentin to the intersti

Hong Kong as a dependent territory of the UK However

during the previous negotiations of 1962 the European

Economic Community, as it then was, showed no

inclination to accede to our request for Hong Kong's

association on the ground that her efforts at

on

development had been so successful that she did not

We shall maintain our po

ostim, but it qualify for association. would be wrong for me to

hold out to you the hope or expectation that we shall

find a changed attitude when we begin substantive

negotiations this year. The Government of Hong Kong

with whom of course we are in close and continuous

touch over the course of our negotiations

is aware

wit

of this situation, This does not mean we shall neglect

uation

Hong Kong, but in negotiations we shall seek other

ways to protect her interests as far as possible. The

details of what

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