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CONFIDENTIAL

RECORD OF A MEETING BETWEEN LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS AND THE GOVERNOR

OF

NG KONG HELD IN THE FORLIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE ON

TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER AT 10.45 am

Those Present:

Lord Goronwy-Roberts

Sir Duncan Watson

Mr Larmour

Mr Male

Mr O'Keeffe

Mr Galsworthy

Mr Hurst, Deputy Labour Adviser

Mr Milton

Mr Janvrin

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Sir Murray MacLehose

Mr Kidd, Hong Kong Government ¦

Office

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DEFENCE COSTS

5. The Governor asked that it should be put on record that he was very anxious that any announcement on restrictions on Hong Kong imports into the UK should not coincide with the publication of the new Defence Agreement. He urged that strong support be given to the Secretary of State for Trade's view that there should be no import restrictions on Hong Kong textiles. Lord Goronwy-Roberts accepted the point that such a coincidence coul upset 18 months' work on the Defence Agreement and undertook to convey the Governor's views to the Secretary of State..

Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Department

22 December 1975

Distribution

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PS/Mr Ennals

F/Lord Goronwy-Roberts

Mr Larmour

Mr Cortazzi

Mr Male

Mr Stanley

Mr Kidd, ¡IKGO

Mr O'Keeffe

Mr Bentley, FED

OLA

OPA

Political Adviser, Hong Kong

Chancery, Peking

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