TNAG-1150-FCO40-1430-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-the-European-Community-1982 — Page 114

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CONFIDENTIAL Enter Mr. Williamon

GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD

HONG KONG

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28 January 1982

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R D Clift Esq

Hong Kong & General Dept F CO

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Der Dzak,

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND HONG KONG

Derek March sent me a copy of his letter of

21 January about the initiative in this area recently taken by his Belgian colleague.

2.

I read the enclosures with interest. You will no doubt want to enquire into the Community documentation quoted in M. Collins' circular letter of 30 December, in particular the tortuous exception-to-an-exception justification for having reports on Hong Kong (was Hong Kong given as an example in the original text?). Whatever the origins of this curious wording, I can see no good reason for joint reports about Hong Kong and I think we should resist the idea. Could we not argue that because Hong Kong is a dependency it properly falls into the first category of exceptions?

Yours ever,

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British Trade Commission

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