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must formally take the shape of a recommendation to the

Japanese Parliament)?

(c) How many categories of goods will the Japanese

exclude from the scheme in respect of Hong Kong? The more

they exclude, the less the value of including Hong Kong

at all.

4.

If the Japanese answers were satisfactory on these three

points, I suggest that the Secretary of State should then say

that he would want to consult some of his colleagues and the

Governor of Hong Kong, but that it seemed to him that a very

great advance had been made, for which he was grateful to

Mr Aichi.

5.

As regards other countries'

dependencies benefitting

under our scheme, the position is that it is certainly our

present intention that they should do so. But if dependencies

were being excluded from other countries' schemes

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in particular

if Japan excluded Hong Kong - we might have to reconsider the

position.

10 June 1971

Copy to Mr Royle

Mr Wilford

Mr Morgan Mr Laird Mr Burns

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