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TO PRIORITY BRUSSELS TEL NO 003 OF 18 JULY/INFO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG, FCO AND BOWN.

AND SAVING TO ROME, COPENHAGEN, THE HAGUE, DUBLIN, UKMIS GENEVA, (FOR DORWARD AND PEARSON) HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON AND

UKREP BRUSSELS,

FOLLOWING FOR DODGE

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COLLINS (DREE) HAS NOW TOLD US THAT THE FRENCH WILL BE GLAD TO SCE YOU IN THE WEEK BEGINNING 22 JULY. BUT SAID HE HAD TO ATTACH

THE CONDITION THAT THE MEETING SHOULD NOT BE TOO FORMAL. THIS MEANS IN PRACTICE THAT YOUR FRENCH INTERLOCUTER WILL BE MLLE GUYGT (DREC).

2. THIS IS A DISAPPOINTING REACTION BUT COLLIN HAD CLEARLY SOME

DIFFICULTY IN GETTING AUTHORITY TO RECEIVE YOU TO DISCUSS TUS QUESTION. SINCE MLLE GUYOT IS THE PRINCIPAL EXPERT ON GENERALISED

PREFERENCES THE MEETING WILL STILL BE WORTH HAVING AND IT SEEMS BEST

10 SETTLE FOR THIS, YOU MAY THINK HOWLVER THAT IT WOULD IN THESE

CIRCUMSTANCES DE OVERDOING IT FOR MORE THAN ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM

HONG KONG TO COME. YOU WOULD OF COURSE BE ACCOMPANIED BY A

REPRESENTATIVE OF THE EMBASSY,

3. MLLE GUYOT VILL DE IN GENEVA UNTIL THE END OF NEXT WEEK, BUT

COLLIN WILL CONTACT HER AND LET US KNOW BY THE END OF THIS WEEK

WITCH DAY WOULD SUIT HER BEST, WE SUGGESTED AIMING FOR THE AFTERNOON

OF EITHER 22 CA 23 JILY.

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