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RECORD OF MEETINGS BETWEEN LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS AND THE GOVERNOR

OF HONG KONG HELD AT THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE ON

18 AND 20 JUNE (BOTH AT 11.00 A.M.)

Present

Lord Goronwy-Roberts

Sir Duncan Watson

Mr K M Wilford (20 June)

Mr E, Youde

Mr P J E Male (18, June)

Mr AC Stuart

Mr R M Evans

Mr W Bentley

Mr AC Galsworthy

Sir Murray MacLehose Mr S T Kidd, Hong Kong 1 Commissioner

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REGISTRY No. 51

5 JUL 1974

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Mr B H Dinwiddy

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Hong Kong and the EEC 25.

Sir Murray MacLehose was grateful for what the Secretary ? of Stato had said about llong Kong in his major statement on ! dune Ile again stressed the importanco to Hong Kong of acceun to the th market.

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Lord Goronwy-Roberts said that while the Secretary of State might not refer to every point of renegotiation in every meeting with EEC ministers, IMG had Hong Kong very much in mind: it was illogical that the agreements inherited from the previous Government had actually discriminated in favour of Hong Kong's competitors in the UK market.

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