Member States. And Some time during January we shall herefree
be asking our Permanent Representative in Brussels
to speak to the Commission about this. If subsequentl
it transpires that the Commission is unwilling to make
such a proposal we could then this might be in
J
February or March ourselves propose this to the
cther Member States. But I must stress that the
chances of this idea being agreed will be much the
greater if the Commission itself can be persuaded
it to propose thre and I can assure you that we shall
do what we can to get them to do this.
I should perhaps add a word of caution.
Even if
it is agreed that the GSI Review should start fairly
be under an
early next year we must not delude ourselv
any
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the
thinking that this will necessarily mean that/decision
will be taken early.
Discussions may still drag on
until the end of the year.
5. Perhaps I could take this opportunity to repeat
the commitment we have already given that during next
year's review we shall be pressing most resolutely for
Hong Kong's textile and footwear exports to be included
in the Community Scheme from 1975 onwards.
In the
(I fear probable) event of our not getting all we want
You veri
at any rate in one go, it is essential that our
negotiators should have a list of priorities.
kindly said that you would be letting me have a paper
on this.
6. We shall of course keep the Hong Kong authorities
fully informed of events concerning next year's GSP
Review.
7.
I am sending a copy of this letter to the Governor.
Copies also go to Michael Palliser, Peter Preston and
the Hong Kong Offices in Brussels and London.
If they do, then
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