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TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR HONG KONG TELNO 337 OF 4. APRIL 1973 INFO
PEKING, TOKYO, BANGKOK SAVING UKMIS NEW YORK,
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 365 : HONG KONG AND ECAFE
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1. THE POSSIBILITY YOU MENTION HAD OCCURED TO US ALSO. WE HAVE BRIEFED THE UK DELEGATE TO RESPOND UNPROVOCATIVELY TO ANY CHINESE STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD BY CIRCULATING A SHORT WRITTEN STATEMENT WHICH REFERRED TO SIR COLIN CROWE'S LETTER TO THE UN SECRETARY- GENERAL OF 19 DECE BER 1972 (FULL TEXT OF BRIEF TO ALL BY NEXT BAG)
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2. WE THINK IT 1/PORTANT THAT THE UK DELEGATE (AND NOT THE HONG KONG DELEGATE) SHOULD RESPOND TO ANY SUCH CHINESE INTERVENTION. IF THE CHINESE GO BEYOND A STATE ENT FOR THE RECORD, THE UK DELEGATE IS INSTRUCTED TO CONFER WITH THE HONG KONG DELEGATE AND TO SEEK FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS. ON THE BASIS OF THEIR RECENT INTERVENTIONS IN INTERNATIONAL BODIES ABOUT HONG KONG, WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE CHINESE WILL GO SO FAR.
3. WE CANNOT THINK OF ANY GROUNDS FOR A CHINESE INTERVENTION OTHER
THAN THOSE MENTIONED IN YOUR PARAGRAPH 2. NON-MEMBERS OF THE
UNITED NATIONS, SUCH AS SOUTH VIETNAM, ARE FULL MEMBERS OF ECAFE. OTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORIES, SUCH AS THE SOLOMON ISLANDS, ARE ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. HONG KONG'S ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP OF ECAFE IS
THEREFORE NOT UNIQUE.
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