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THERE WAS THUS THE, IMPRESS LA TA MY MIND THAT FOR REASONS! CONNECTED WITH THE FRAMEWORK IN WHICH THIS EXERCISE IS TAKING PLACE SATHER THAN WITH HK'S SPECIFIC POSITION UNDER THE GSP THE TRENCH WERE BEING RELUCTANT TO RECEIVE A JOINT HMG/HK DELEGATION ON THE SAME FORMAL BASIS AS WAS PROVING ACCEPTABLE IN THE OTHER MEMBER STATES (SEE PARA 7 OF BONN TELNG 852 ALSO).

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