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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELEGRAM NO. 17 OF 5 JUNE/INFO ROUTINE

FCO, BRUSSELS (FOR DODGE) AND UKREP BRUSSELS.

UKREP BRUSSELS TELEGRAM 2814 TO FCO.

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HONG KONG/EEC TEXTILS,

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FOLLOWING FROM DORWARD, TIEMENSMA (NETHERLANDS) AND MADAME DE CLERCQ (BELGIUM) APPROACHED ME TODAY TO SAY THE BENELUX WERE FORMULATING A POSITION IN PREPARATION FOR INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS

WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE TO HOLD WITH US. THIS WOULD TAKE TWO OR THREE MORE WEEKS AND, SINCE THAT MIGHT BE RUNNING INTO THE

SCHEDULED DATES FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF THE GATT TEXTILES WORKING PARTY, WE AGREED THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN JULY WOULD BE A MUTUALLY CONVENIENT TIME. THEY ARE CLEARLY NOT IN A HURRY.

2. THE DUTCH REPRESENTATIVE ALSO INDICATED THAT THE BELGIANS (SIC) WOULD PROBABLY APPROACH US SHORTLY WITH A PROBLEM CONCERNING

UMBRELLAS,

3. THE IRISH REPRESENTATIVE (O'CONNOR) DENIED KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMMISSION'S NOTE VERDALE OF 27 MARCH 1973. HE SAID THAT

"FOR THIS YEAR AT LEAST'' THE IRISH IMPORT REGIME FOR HONG KONG

WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED AND SO THE NOTE VERBALE COULD ONLY 'REPRESENT SOME LEGAL TIDYING UP "'.

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