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up to Hong Kong to add what they felt they could on what

China's policy is towards resources exploitation, including

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The four Commission officials will be accompanied by

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6 national experts, including 1 Britain, who have been

invited on the trip in their personal capacities.

Commission fear of French interference may be over-stated

but reflects France's jealousy over any Commission role.

in nuclear matters. From the point of view of wider

EC/China relations, we here can see no harm in the visit and

would like to give it whatever support we can. However,

your briefing of the Commission officials would have to

go unacknowledged for fear of French and possibly Dutch

reaction, hence the rather round about way the matter has a good expaint my been approached. We would, derajat,

Teking. lende, of de anvergements to and partners in Brandin 7. This letter has been seen in draft by other interested

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departments in the FCO and we all hope that you or Iain

Orr would feel able to meet Davies and Aitken and to

He BTC w introduce them to anyone, perhaps from Economic Services

Branch, who could fill them in on the details of Chinese

resources policy. They plan to arrive in Hong Kong on the

morning of 24 April, departing for China on CAAC flight

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at 1400 on 25 April. They would therefore be available

either during the afternoon of 24 April or the following

morning. Providing you can and of course UKREP Brussels

and Peking-can see no objections, I should be grateful

if something could be set up. It would be useful if we

could have a telegraph reply, including details of whom they

should contact on arrival in Hong Kong.

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