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To:- Mr Bottomley
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Hong Kong
A.
HONG KONG AND THE GENERALISED TREFERENCES SCHEME
1. You asked whether it is clear that the Governor
knows the position regarding the point he raised about.
discrimination against Hong Kong/in respect of textiles.
and footwear in the EEC offer of generalised preferences
2. In his telegram No 91 of 29 January to the
Governor Mr Rippon stated:
[wing your officials]
"Their main remaining point of concern is
Λ whether we might not seek either next week or
later from the Community a definite commitment
that there will be no discrimination against
Hong Kong and in favour of such countries as
Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore in the
administration of the Generalised Preferences
Scheme by the enlarged community. I understand
that they are passing to you the Delegation's
view that such an undertaking would not be
negotiable at this stage and that if we were to
ask for this now we would put at risk a
community proposal which, whatever its deficiences,
offers much more for Hong Kong than we thought
possible a few months ago..
What I would propose to do to meet this point
on which we share your concern is to include a
statement in general terms recording our
continuing concern to avoid discrimination (para 3
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