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MAKE POINTS OF THE REGRET THAT THIS HAD TO BE DONE SO

QUICKLY AND WITHOUT NOTICE STOP BUT WE ARE VERY MUCH

AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF TEXTILES TO HONG KONG STOP

INCIDENTALLY THE UNITED KINGDOM DOES BUY MORE TEXTILES

FROM HONG KONG THAN SHE DOES FROM ANY OTHER

COUNTRY IN THE WORLD STOP UNQUOTE PARA ON WHETHER HONG KONG

COULD ESTABLISH SOME SPECIAL CONNECTION WITH THE COMMON

MARKET WHICH WILL BE IN HONG KONG APOSTO-

ROPHE SSS FAVOUR COMMA SIR ALEX SAID COLON QOTE WE HOPE

SO STOP WE SHALL CERTAINLY MAKE THIS ONE OF OUR OBJECTIVES

TO SEE

THAT TRADE ARRANGEMENTS ARE MADE WHICH WILL FAVOUR

HONG KONG AND EYE HOPE THAT OUR INFLUENCE AND AUTHORITY

WILL CARRY SOME WEIGHT WHEN WE ARE ACTUALLY

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AYE FULL MEMBER IN NINETEEN

SEVENTY THREE STOP UNQUOTE PARA MORE

INFORMS

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FILES

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COMMODITIES D EID (1) EID (2)

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