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IMVEDIATE
TELEGRAM NO 742.
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TO F.C.C.
DATED 23 OCTOBER 1978
ADDRESSED F C O TELNO 740. OF 23 OCTOBER REPEATED CODEL BRUSSELS.
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MY TELEGRAM 738 WAS ABOUT TO BE DESPATCHED WHEN
CODEL'S 146 TO YOU WAS RECEIVED. I MUST EXPRESS CONSIDERABLE
ANXIETY AT THE DIRECTION NEGOTIATIONS ARE TAKING AND, IN PARTICULAR,
THE PRECIPITANCY WITH WHICH WE SEEM TO BE APPROACHING A
CONFRONTATION ON HONG KONG. WE HAVE NOT SO FAR
MY
BEEN IN A POSITION TO REACH A CONCLUSION ON THE NEGOTIATIONG POSITION BEST SUITED TO PROTECT HONG KONG'S INTERESTS AND I HAVE NOT YET BEEN ABLE TO CONSULT MY EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT IT WAS AGREED THAT NO FIRM LINE WOULD BE TAKEN UNTIL A GENERAL IDEA OF E E C VIEWS AND INTENTIONS HAD BEEN ELICITED AND THAT THEN CONSULTATIONS WOULD BE HELD IN LONDON ABOUT THE END OF NOVEMBER TO DETERMINE OUR LINE. SUGGEST THAT UNTIL THESE CONSULTATIONS HAVE BEEN HELD THE QUESTION SHOULD BE PRESSED NO FURTHER BY THE BRITISH SIDE, ALTHOUGH THIS SHOULD NOT OF COURSE, PRECLUDE LISTENING TO ANYTHING THE E E C WISH TO SAY,
(F C O PLS PASS IMMEDIATE TO CODEL BRUSSELS)
CO
SIR H.NORMAN-WALKER
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