TNAG-0385-FCO40-431-Trade-relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-the-EEC-1974 — Page 141

CONFIDENTIAL

E. THE IMPORTANT POIPT FOR ULV PELATIONS IS NOW WE PLAY THIS IN

PUBLIC, WE CANNOT GIVE DETAILS OF OUR STATEMENT PEFORE THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, BUT, UNLESS YOU THINK IT WOULD RAISE FALSE POPES, WE COULD MAKE IT KNOWN UNATTRIBUTABLY IN HONG KONG THAT WE INTEND TO RAISE WITH OUR PARTNERS THE QUESTION OF THE . APPLICATION OF THE COMMUNITY'S GSP TO HONG KONG, INCLUDING THE OMISSION OF TEXTILES AND FOOTWEAR. AFTER THE MEETING YOUR FRESS COULD BE ERIEFED FULLY, WITH STRESS UPON BOTH THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE. TO GET, AND OUR WARNING TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE STALL RETURN TO THE QUESTION OF DISCRIMINATION IN THE

NNUAL REV? W.

7

*

HOULD BE GLAD OF YOUR COPMENTS ON THE TACTICS OF THIS.

DOUGLAS-HOME

FILES

HVIOD

ED

XALED

Me ROBINSON

MR. CARTER

2

CONFIDENTIAL