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TO PRIORITY UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 1 OF 10 JANUARY 1978
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INFO PRIORITY F C O, BRUSSELS (FOR BURGESS), HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
OFFICE LONDON.
FOR MILLS, HONG KONG OFFICE.
EEC/HK TEXTILES AGREEMENT.
BECK HAS INFORMED BURGESS THAT THE COMMISSION HAD RECEIVED QUOTE INSTRUCTIONS UNQUOTE FROM THE 113 COMMITTEE TO SEEK TO QUOTE ADJUST UNQUOTE THE SUBLIMITS FOR CATEGORIES 2 AND 3 WHICH THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED HAD BEEN QUOTE SET TOO HIGH UNQUOTE. THE PRECISE DETAILS HAD, HOWEVER, YET TO BE WORKED OUT.
2. THIS IS EXTRAORDINARY, AND EVEN MORE SO THAN THE MANNER IN . WHICH THE SUBLIMITS WERE ORIGINALLY INTRODUCED, AT THE ELEVENTH HOUR OF THE NEGOTIATIONS. WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO GOT TO BRUSSELS AS SOON AS YOUR COMMITMENTS IN GENEVA PERMIT AND BRING HOME TO THE COMMISSION OUR GRAVE CONCERN AT ANY DEVELOPMENT OF THIS KIND.
MACLEHOSE
FILES
EID
HK & GD MR HIBBERT
MR FRETWELL MR STRATTON
COPIES TO:
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
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