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we not put in a case now and argue it after 1 January?"
Mr Rippon promised two things to Hong Kong. He said
that we would pursue the aim of eliminating discrimination
against Hong Kong "both before enlargement, in our technical
contacts on the adaptation of our scheme to that of the
Community, and after enlargement in the annual Reviews in
which we shall participate as full members" The first of
these implies an undertaking to argue the matter now before
we align with the Community's GSP on 1 January. The second
suggests that, if we do this and fail, we should revert to
the question in the Annual Reviews in which we shall parti-
cipate after we have aligned.
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3. In our departmental meeting with Mr Royle on 28 September
the European side suggested that we should not argue Hong
Kong's case before 1 January 1974, but should be prepared to
do so thereafter in the Annual Review The Hong Kong side,
however, urged that the political damage arising from
discrimination by us against our own colony would arise at
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