TNAG-0341-FCO40-377-Effects-on-Hong-Kong-of-long-term-policy-for-textiles-in-int-1972 — Page 86

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TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO 510 OF 12 JUNE REGISTRYN:

YOUR TELNO 450: MR RIPPON

FOR LAIRD

IN PRINCIPLE QUITE O.K.

13 JUN 1972

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BUT HADDON-CAVE WILL BE AT THE

COMMONWEALTH FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING WHEN THE P.M. IS HERE: SO IF MR RIPPON COULD BEAR IT I WOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL IF

WE COULD MEET HIM FOR LUNCH OR A DRINK SO THAT HE COULD BRING US UP TO DATE ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR ENTRY INTO EUROPE.

2. WHEN HADDON-CAVE IS IN LONDON FOR THE FINANCE MINISTERS' CONFERENCE IN SEPTEMBER I HOPE YOU AND THE D.T.1. WILL BE READY AT THAT TIME TO RESUME THE DISCUSSIONS HE HAD WITH YOU ON 27 APRIL ON THE RELATED QUESTIONS OF:

(A) THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG'S NON-G.A.T.T. RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.K. AFTER THE U.K.'S ENTRY IN TO E.E.C.:

(B) REPRESENTATION OF HONG KONG'S POINT OF VIEW IN G.A.T.T. AND THE C.T.C. ONCE THE U.K. IS OBLIGED TO FOLLOW AN E.E.C.

PARTY LINE.

I AM SURE YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE KNOW WHERE WE STAND WELL BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.

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