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SAVING TELEGRAM
BY BAG
FM DUBLIN ·
UNCLASSIFIED
NEUTRAL]
TO FCO TEINO 112 SAVING AND TO
GOVERNOR HONG KONG
UKREP BRUSSELS
HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON
HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE BRUSSELS (FOR DODGE) UKMIS GENEVA (FOR DORWARD)
HONG KONG
GENERALISED PREFERENCE SCHEME.
BRAITHWAITES LETTER TO BONN OF 25 JUNE.
MY TEL TO FCO 392.
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DEPT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OFFICIALS WERE BASICALLY SYMPATHETIC TO PROBLEMS OF ANY SMALL THIRD WORLD COUNTRY AND DID NOT FORESEE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THEIR SIDE.
DEPT OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE DID NOT THINK FOOTWEAR WOULD CAUSE PROBLEMS BUT THEY WERE NOT HAPPY ABOUT TEXTILES AND THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE TO RESEARCH MATTER FURTHER.
DODGE ALSO SAW MCCAULEY OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
(AT SUGGESTION OF DFA) TO DISCUSS INVESTMENT IN IRELAND BY HONG KONG FIRMS.
HE ALSO SAW FINTAN KILL OF IRISH EXPORT BOARD WHO DEALS WITH FAR EAST TRADE.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
EID HKIOD . TRED RTD
COPIES TO
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
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