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against liong Kong7 both before enlargement in our

technical contacts on the adaptation of our scheme

to that of the Community and after enlargement in

oum.technical: contacts on the adaptation-of-ður

scheme-to-that-of the-Community-and after

enlargement in the annual reviews in which we shall

participate as full members." In a further telegram

to the Governor dated 2 February 1971, Mr Rippon

repeated this, and expressed confidence that there

would be "good opportunties" to work for the objective

of non-discrimination, and that we would take

advantage of them.

Before this Pir Con O'Neill had expressed the

view, in his telegram from Brussels No CODEL 18 of

12 January 1971, that . . ." acceptance at this stage

of the Community offer would in no sense close the

door to subsequently improving Hong Kong's access to

the enlarged Community under the scheme. It will

of course be necessary for us to discuss at a later

stage with the Community the technical adaptations to

this scheme that will be necessary to take account

of its extension to an enlarged Com unity.

themselves have referred to the annual examinations

of the Community scheme which will take place and

in which we shall participate after enlargement as

full members of the Community Both these

procedures should provide much better opportunities

than are offered at the present to influence the

Community scheme in a way helpful to liong Kong.

(B) Implications for IIK of Adaptation

5.

And they

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We are committed to align with the EEC's GSP

us from 1 January 1974 and negotiations to this effect have begun in Brussels. At talks in London

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