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3. AC TO ORIGIN RULES, WHILE CONFIRMATION THAT THEY WOULD BE NON-DISCRIMINATORY WOULD CERTAINLY BE VALUABLE (ALTHOUGH IT WOULD MAVE BEEN PREFERABLE TO SEEK IT BEFORE RATHER THAN AFTER FORMAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE PROPOSALS), CUR UNAVOIDABLE RELIANCE ON IMPORTED RAY MATERIALS MAKES US PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO OSTENSIBLY NON-DISCRIMINATORY ORICIN RULES WHICH IN PRACTICE DISCRIMINATE AGAINST US. ACCEPTANCE OF ORIGIN RULES FOR SPECIFIC PRODUCTS DESIGNED TO EXCLUDE THE, WHEN WE CAN IN PRACTICE VEET ANY REASONABLE RULES, WOULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS PRECEDENT FOR US.
4 TO TURN NOW TO THE DRAFT IN F.C.0. TELEGRAM NO. 92, I AGREE WITH THE FIRST THREE PARAGRAPHS AND AM GRATEFUL FOR THE INCLUSION OF PARAGRAPH 3 ON THE AVOIDANCE OF DISCRIMINATION. HOWEVER,
IN THE LIGHT OF THE PROBLEMS I HAVE REFERRED TO ABOVE, AND OF THE A. CEPTANCE IN PARAGRAPH 5 CF THE DRAFT OF THIS SCLUTION AS THE REGIME APPLICABLE IN THE ENLARGED COMMUNITY, WONDER IF I MIGHT
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SUGGEST THAT THE REMAINDER OF THE STATEMENT, WHILE ACCEPTING THE GENERAL LINES AND SCOPE OF THE E.E.C. PROPOSALS (1.E. BASICALLY ACCEPTING EXLCUSION FROM TEXTILES AND SACES AND SPECIAL LIFTTS ON HONG KONG SENSITIVE ITEMS) SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE
AN EXPRESSION OF RESERVATION ON THE DETAILED ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF THE HONG KONG SENSITIVE LIST AND A SUGGESTION THAT DISCUSSIONS BE HELD AT A CONVENIENT TIME AT THE TECHNICAL LEVEL TO EXPLORE WHETHER SOME MODIFICATION IN THESE ARRANGEMENTS, NOT INVOLVING ANY WIDER EXTENSION OF PREFERENTIAL ACCESS, MIGHT NOT BE BOTH ACCE-TABLE TO THE SIX AND PREFERABLE TO HONG KONG. I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT IN PARAGRAPH
7 CN CRIGIN RULES, TO THE EFFECT THAT HONG KONG WOULD FIND GREAT DIFFICULTY IN ACQUIESCING IN ANY SPECIAL ORIGIN RULES DESIGNED TO DENY THE STATUS OF HONG KONG ORIGIN TO GOODS WHICH MUST QUALIFY AS HONG KONG PRODUCTS ON ANY REASONABLE CRITERIA.
5. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS WOULD MEET YOUR ANXIETY FOR AN IMM EDIATE FAVOURABLE RESPONSE WHILE KEEPING THE DOOR OPEN FOR CONS- ILTATIONS ON THE DETAILED ARRANGEMEMNTS, WITHOUT RUNNING ANY RISK FO WITHDRAWAL OF THE OFFER.
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