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TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 97 OF 27 FEB AND TO UKMIS GENEVA.
RFI HONG KONG.
HONG KONG TELNO 217 OF 24 FEBRUARY: REFERENCES TO HONG KONG
AT ITU RADIO CONFERENCE
1. I SHARE HONG KONG'S HOPE THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BECOME AN ISSUE OF CONTENTION BETWEEN OURSELVES
AND CHINA.
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2. THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG'S STATUS APART. IT COULD BE ARGUED ON PURELY PRACTICAL GROUNDS THAT XIANGGANG WOULD BE CONFUSING AS A PRINCIPAL NAME FOR HONG KONG ON MAPS, SINCE IT DIFFERS VERY WIDELY INDEED MORE SO THAN IN THE CASE OF OTHER NAMES - FROM THE NAME NOW COMMONLY USED AND IT WILL BE SOME TIME BEFORE THE MANDARIN PHONETIC VERSION BECOMES FAMILIAR TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE CHINA. BUT, FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THIS POST, WE HAVE NO STRONG VIEWS ON EITHER FORMULATION,
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