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TO PRIORITY F C O TELNO 236 OF 12 JULY/AND TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR

HONG KONG AND UKREP BRUSSELU INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON UKMIS GENEVA (FOR DORWARD/PEARSON) BONN COPENHAGEN DUBLIN

PARIS ROME AND THE HAQUE.

BRAITHWAITE'S LETTER TO BONN OF 25 JUNE: HONG KONG GENERALISED

PREFERENCE SCHEME.

1. HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS DODGE AND TSAO ACCOMPANIED BY MY

COMMERCIAL COUNSELLOR (WINCHESTER) CALLED TODAY ON AMBASSADOR PUTNAR,

HEAD OF THE PERMANENT DELEGATION TO INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC

CONFERENCES IN THE BELGIAN #FA.

2. WINCHESTER OPENED WITH A STATEMENT ON THE LINES OF THAT MADE BY

SIR PALLISER ON 27 JUNE (UKREP BRUSSELS TELNO 3944). DODGE WITH

TSAO IN SUPPORT THEN SPOKE ON USUAL LINES ABOUT:

(A) TEXTILES:

B) FOOTWEAR ;

(C) PROPOSALS TO TRANSFER 44 ITEMS FROM SENSITIVE TO SEMI-SENSITIVE

LIST AND ASSOCIATED BUTOIR ARRANGEMENTS:

(D) HONG KONG'S DIFFICULTY IN HOT BEING ABLE TO AVAIL ITSELF OF THE

COMMISSION'S PROPOSALS FOR A CUMULATIVE CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN

SYSTEM ON A REGIOHAL (1.E. ASIAN OR SOUTH AMERICAN) BASIS.

3. PUTMAN, WHO HAD PLEASANT PERSCITAL MEMORIES OF A SHORT VISIT

HADE TO HONG KONG AS A MEMBER OF THE BELGIAN ROYAL SUITE, TOOK

CAREFUL AND SYMPATHETIC NOTE, CHF TEXTILES HE MADE SOME PLAY WITH THE

FACT THAT DUTIES WERE NOT HICH AND THAT THE PRINCIPLE OF DISCRIMINATING (OR AS HE PREFERRED TO SAY, DIFFERENTIATING) BETWEEN THE LESS DEVELOPED AND MOPE DEVELOPED PRODUCERS (1.E. SCUTH KOREA AND HONG KONG) WOULD BE SELF-CORRECTING IN THE SENSE THAT SOUTH KOREA WOULD EVENTUALLY FIND ITS PRODUCTS EXCLUDED ALSO, BUT HE DID NOT

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