EN CLATR
PRIORITY
HONG KONG
TO
FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
NO 610
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11 SEPTEMBER 1970
UNCLASSIFIED
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FROM INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT FOR NEWS DIVISION.
CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER MET PRESS ON ARRIVAL AND ANWERED QUESTIONS FROM RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS. HE SAID
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HE HOPED PROBLEMS FOR HONG KONG OF U.K. ENTRY O EE.C WOULD NOT BE TOO ALARMING AND THAT ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE MADE.TO SAFEGUARD THE POSITION DURING THE TRANSITIONAL PERIOD. ASKED ABOUT THE EFFECT ON HONG KONG HE POINTED OUT THAT THE COLONY HAD ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLY SOUND ECONOMIES IN THE WORLD OF ARRANGEMENT
WHICH MIGHT BE MADE FOR HONG KONG MINISTER SAID HE WOULD NOT RULE OUT ASSOCIATION BUT IT WAS NOT THE FORM BUT THE REALITY WHICH WAS IMPORTANT. QUOTE IN OR OUT OF THE COMMON MARKET NO-ONE- CAN GIVE ANY GUARANTEE AS TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN WORLD TRADE UNQUOTE.
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2. TO A DIRECT QUESTION AS TO WHETHER HONG KONG'S POSITION WOULD BE PROTECTED MINISTER REPLIED: QUOTE WE HAVE HONG KONG'S POSITION VERY MUCH IN MIND UNQUOTE.
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3. MINISTER EMPHASISED THAT HE WAS NOT TOO WORRIED IN THE LONG TERM AND FELT THAT THE THING TO HOPE FOR WAS A GENERAL EXPANSION OF HONG KONG TRADE WHICH WOULD RESULT FROM THE EXPANSION OF
TRADE IN THE EXPANDED COMMUNITY. QUOTE IN THE SHORT TERM WE MUST STUDY TO SEE THAT THERE IS A MINIMUM OF DISRUPTION. UNQUOTE.
SIR D. TRENCH
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HONG KONG DEPT.
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