Mr. Erind, (EID)
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Consult ions with Hong Kong
The following are 17 November to M. Gild
2. Hong Kong tel. no. sions on Generalised It aspects only; the secon is not going to be any EEC from the wider aspr duplication, I suggest
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ur comments on your letter of
and the draft brief it enclosed.
760 suggests two separate ces- ferences - the first on ENG
on GPS generally (item 2). It oo easy to separate tidily the te; end in order to minimize hat:
the discussion of the GPS in the EEC context should not go eyond the broad outlines of a' possible packs offer, reserving consideration of the details for the general discussion of the UNCTAD sol ro, and
this general discussion should follow immedinte- ly after the clusion of the debate on the EEC aspects.
This is because the 32% which might prove mutu to the EIC would have i donors, and there are 1 ments which need not be it would be desirable t lar paragraph on the fo of your draft brief, h tences of para 18 of th
kind of partial CFS solution ly acceptable to Hong Kong and
Le proposed to the other major koly to be fairly lengthy orgu- gone into twice. If you agree,
add to the EID brief a prebu→ aming lines, perhaps in para 2- in lieu of the first two cen- Aunft.
3. Mr. Denman's letto to Sir C. O'Neill of 12 November stresses that Hong Kong should not get wind of the dis- cussions he and Mr. Kor 1s bad with Ma. Di Martino and Tran, as it might prove barrassing. It would of course. be even more embarrassi ; 11 we make no reference to them at these talks, bu bey are later tcntioned to Br. Jones by M. Tran, (whic I would have thought quite likely). The ideas put forward by the Commission on this occasion were of course broadly the ones that had been fed in by Mr. Jones to It might therefore bo cr to say that contacto with the Commission indicater being considered among Hong Kong officials to extent they were prepare! to back these proposals. It might also be noted at a cuit- able point in your brie: that there should be no mention at the meeting of a 15. lly quota on the "sensitive" itoms (whether these ni bez 26 or 22 or, as ITI now estimate, 3), where the C apply q.r.'s to Hong Kong exporta, as those detai) i ze Commission suggestions not explorod in M. Tran's t k with Mr. Jones, or the latter's note to M. Tran.
Tran shortly before the menting.
that Mr. Jones' proposals were dors, and wo could then ask the
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