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until there was agreement on transferability within the

Community.

4.

The implication of this is that the DTI are more interested

in internal than external liberalisation and would be prepared

to trade off, for example, the right for Hong Kong imports to

the UK to flow freely into France, against some further

restrictions on Hong Kong's total exports. While, therefore,

the FCO and DTI interests at present run together, our final

objectives are difficult. We shall have to watch them.

ement.

19 April 1973

Copy to:

Sir D Watson

Mr Hazle

TRD

Mr Goodfellow

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LCSL

A C Stuart

Hong Kong & Indian Ocean Department

Kunhilfor

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