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Hong Kong telegram no. 219:
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HONG AND THE UNITED NATIONS
Itning Kanga
1. Although we sympathise with their view we do not
think
agree with Hong Kong that the phrase "country or region"
any serit has
is open to political objection.
[We
We hoped that we had
made this point clear both in our telegram to you
no. 672 of 1973 and in Davies' letter of 6 February to
Macrae (now copied to Peking). We accept however
Hong Kong's point that there might be political
objections to its use.
practical
2. We agree therefore that the next step should be
a bilateral approach to the Chinese. Unless you see
/objection,