TNAG-0631-FCO40-779-Effect-of-GATT-Multi-Fibre-Arrangement-on-Hong-Kong-negotiat-1977 — Page 102

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HE THEN REFUSED TO GO ON, AND EXPLAINED PRIVATELY TO MILLS THAT THE REASONS WERE:

(1) THAT ONCE HE GAVE ALL THE FIGURES HE WOULD BE LOCKED IN'

TO THEM BY. THE MS AND OULD HAVE NO FLEXIBILITY TO BE KIND TO US: AND

(11) THAT HE HADN'T GOT THE FIGURES BECAUSE THE COMPUTER HADN'T

CHURNED THEM OUT YET.

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HE FAIL TO SEE OR NOT CARE ABOUT THE OBVIOUS CONTRADICTION HERE? AND HAS HE FORGOTTEN THAT HE HAD ALREADY TOLD US THAT THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO LONDON AS A TERRIBLE MISTAKE BECAUSE IT HAD DEPRIVED HIM OF HIS CHANCES OF BEING IND TO US? THIS IS THE KIND OF MAN MILLS HAS TO DEAL WITH.

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SO, AS YOU SEE, E ARE BEING TOLD THAT WE SHOULD BIND OURSELVES TO AN AGREEMENT WHOSE CONTENT WILL NOT BE CLEAR UNTIL AFTER WE HAVE INITIALLED IT. THE EEC MUST HAVE THOUGHT THAT IT COULD GET PEOPLE TO DO THIS. IN SOME CASES, EG. SINGAPORE, WE UNDERSTAND, THEY CAN, BECAUSE THEY ARE SAYING WE WILL IMPROVE YOURS A BIT IF WE CAN, DEPENDING ON HOW HARD WE CAN SCREW HK AND KOREA DO.N'.

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