CYPHER/CATA
ROUTINE HONG KONG.
TELEGRAM NUMBER 101.
CONFIDENTIAL
NEUTRAL]
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CONFIDENTIAL
TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE.
14 FEBRUARY 1970.
ADDRESSED FCC TELEGRAM 101 OF 14 FEBRUÁRY 'RFI UKM IS
GENEVA (FOR JONES) AND UKDEL BRUSSELS,
YOUR TELEGRAM 82.
WHETHER OR NOT ERNST DELIBERATELY MISREPRESENTED US OR MISUNDERSTOOD,
HY CONCERN IS THAT BRITISH OFFICIALS IN MEMBER STATES CAPITALS
SHOULD GENERALLY BE IN A POSITION TO CORRECT ANY MISUNDERSTANDING
AND THAT BONN PARTICULARLY SHOULD CORRECT THE MISTAKEN IMPRESSION
REPORTED IN UKDEL BRUSSELS TELEGRAM 29. I SHOULD STILL LIKE THIS
TO BE DONE AND I THINK THERE WOULD BE SOME ADVANTAGE IF UKDEL COULD
MAKE SURE THAT ERNST HAS NOW GOT OUR POSITION STRAIGHT, SINCE WE
CANNOT RELY ON SEEING ERNST AND CO. IN HONG KONG.
2. SO FAR AS OTHER MEMBER STATES CAPITALS ARE CONCERNED, I SHOULD
BE GRATEFUL IF UKMIS GENEVA WOULD DISTRIBUTE COPIES OF THE RECORD
OF THE CONSULTATIONS TO EMBASSIES, WITH A NOTE EXPLA IN ING THE
CIRCUMSTANCES.
FCO PLEASE PASS TO UK MISSION GENEVA AND UKDEL BRUSSELS.
SIR D.TRENCH
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTION
HONG KONG DEPT.
W.E.D.
E.I.D.
COPY TO:
A.M.G. WRIGHT ESQ. C.M.G.
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
54 PALL MALL S.W.1.
CONFIDENTIAL
LCEIVED IN
REGISTRY No.51 ict 1970
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