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IMMEDIATE

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CONFIDENTIAL

RECEIVED IN

ECISTRY No. 51

13 JUN 1974

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CONFIDENTIAL [FRAME FILES]

TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 641 OF 11 JUNE INFO IMMEDIATE BRUSSELS (FOR DODGE) UKREP BRUSSELS ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA (FOR PEARSON) AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON (FGO PLEASE PASS).

YOUR TELEGRAM NO 542: EEC AND GSP.

LAST

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NEXT

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WE WILL BE GUIDED BY YOU AND UKREP BRUSSELS AS TO OPTIMUM

TIMING FOR THE PRESENTATION IN CAPITALS OF THE PROPOSED MEMORANDUM,

A SHORTENED DRAFT OF WHICH IS IN MIFT. IT LOOKS FROM HERE AS IF

THIS SHOULD PREFERABLY BE SOON AFTER 19 JUNE, WHILE THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION IN CAPITALS, WITH A VIEW TO

INFLUENCING THE WORKING GROUP BEFORE THE MATTER IS REFERRED TO

COREPER.

2. WE AGREE THAT IT COULD BE USEFUL TO GET A COPY OF THE MEMORANDUM

INTO THE COMMISSION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. IF YOU AGREE THE REVISED

TEXT PERHAPS UKREP BRUSSELS COULD BE ASKED TO LIAISE WITH DODGE

TO ARRANGE THIS IN THE COURSE OF THIS WEEK, ALTHOUGH THIS HAND ING

OVER WOULD PRESUMABLY BE INFORMAL AT THIS STAGE, IT WOULD STILL

APPEAR PREFERABLE FOR A MEMBER OF UKREP'S STAFF ACTUALLY TO

PRESENT IT, WITH DODGE ACCOMPANYING HIM TO ELABORATE UPO IT. THIS IS BECAUSE THE REVISED DRAFT, LIKE ITS PREDECESSOR IN THE D.O.T. TELEX OF 9 APRIL, IS SO COUCHED THAT IT CONVEYS THE VIEWS

OF H.M.G. IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. AS SUCH IT SHOULD BE REGARDED

BY ITS RECIPIENTS AS ARGUMENTATION FROM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY

RATHER THAN SUPPLICATION FROM A BENEFICIARY. THIS WOULD SEEM THE

MORE FORCEFUL WAY OF PROCEEDING AND WOULD BE CONSONANT WITH

YOUR STATEMENT IN THE COUNCIL ON 4 JUNE.

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