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of the exercise, the decision of the Secretariat as it emerged does not relate solely to Hong Kong. There is, however, an additional point. It is our understanding that there is no reason why the letter should be published, but that you could simply send it to the Secretary General without a request that it should be circulated. Before you take any action therefore, can you confirm that the letter need not be published and that it will not automatically be circulated by the Secretary General of his own accord?
3. We notice incidentally that in DP 16/ADD 27 the word Government (not Government of Hong Kong) appears in the text as well as in the heading. We take it that our agreement to the change in the heading is not going to be taken by the Chinese to affect the wording of the text. This is not a point which we should wish you to mention to the Chinese but we would be grateful for confirmation in due course that the changes are only intended to affect the headings of this and other documents.
4. We have just seen document E/CN.7/560 Corr. 1. (copy enclosed for Hong Kong). It is possible that the Chinese may object to the inclusion of the words "or territory" in the text. Should they do so, we would not want to press our point against their opposition.
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T JB George Esq (Hong Kong)
E Callway (UKMIS Geneva)
Silent Copy:
Mr Hilton (UND)
Mr Crowson (HKIOD)
HL Davies
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