TNAG-0300-FCO40-336-Entitlement-of-Hong-Kong-to-generalized-tariffs-preferences--1971 — Page 133

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ENLARGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS

GENERALISED PREFERENCE SCHEME AND COTTON TEXTILES

FOLLOWING FROM DENMAN

1. TWO THINGS SEEM CLEAR FROM THE DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMISSION

AND A LATER TALK WITH ERNST. THE FIRST IS THAT WE CANNOT GET AWAY WITH NOT MENTIGNING COTTON TEXTILES IN THE STATEMENT

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WE NEED TO MAKE IN THE DEPUTIES ON ADAPTATION TO THE COMMUNITY'S G P S. IF WE SAY NOTHING WE SHALL BE SUSPECTED OF SEEKING TO EVADE THE ISSUE AND. WE SHOULD THEN HAVE TO FACE DETAILED QUESTIONS VHICH WOULD OF COURSE (TOGETHER WITH OUR ANSWERS) BECOME PUBLIC AND WHICH WOULD BE EMBARRASSING.

2. THE SECOND FOINT IS THAT THERE SEEMS. LITTLE CHANCE OF OUR GETTING A DEROGATION FROM THE EXTENSION TO US (SunJECT OF COURSE