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PRINCIPAL COMPETITORS. WE CANNOT ACCEPT A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE

REQUIRED TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ONE OF OUR DEPENDENCIES. WE SHALL

THEREFORE BE PRESSING RESOLUTELY FOR THE INCLUSION OF HONG KONG'S

FOOTWEAR AND TEXTILES EXPORTS IN THE GSP FROM 1975 ONWARDS AND WE SHALL ALSO BE ANXIOUS TO ENSURE THAT HONG KONG'S INTERESTS ARE NOT

FURTHER JE APORDISED BY OTHER MODIFICATIONS IN THE STRUCUTRE

OF THE GSP, E G A TWO-TIER BUTOIR.

3. PROVIDED YOU SEE NO OBJECTION, YOU SHOULD ALSO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REFER TO OUR DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE LIMITED NATURE OF

THE COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS FOR MID-YEAR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR OF THE GSP AND REAFFIRM OUR VIEW THAT THESE SHOULD COME INTO EFFECT BY 1 SEPTEMBER (MY TELEGRAMS NO 394 AND 456).

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