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RECEIVED
DESK INDEX
21 FEB 1978
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TO IMMEDIATE HONG HONG TEL NO 144 OF 23 FEBRUARY AND TO
IMMEDIATE PEKING.
FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NO 120 RECEIVED FROM UKMIS GENEVA :
QUOTE
I T U WORLD ADMINISTRATIVE RADIO CONFERENCE : HONG KONG
TELECON ASHTON/THOMPSON REFERS.
1. THE CHINESE DELEGATION TO THIS CONFERENCE HAVE SENT THE FOLLOWING LETTER TO IT U'S SECRETARY-GENERAL (A COPY WAS GIVEN TO US IN CONFIDENCE BY THE DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, AN AUSTRALIAN) :
QUOTE THE CHINESE DELEGATION HAS NOTED THAT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE
BOUNDARY LINE IN THE MAPS OF AERONAUTICAL AREAS ATTACHED TO THE
DOCUMENTS DISTRIBUTED BY THE CONFERENCE ARE NOT IN CONFORMITY
WITH THE BOUNDARY LINE OF OUR COUNTRY, THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO
US. THE CHINESE DELEGATIONS TO VARIOUS CONFERENCES HAVE TIME AND
AGAIN MADE STATEMENTS TO THE SAME EFFECT. WE ARE SENDING
YOU HEREWITH ONCE AGAIN A COPY OF THE ATLAS OF THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA (EDITION IN CHINESE PHONETIC ALPHABET),
ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY CORRECTIONS IN ACCORD-
ANCE WITH THE BOUNDARY LINE INDICATED IN THE ATLAS.
YOU
IT IS THE ESTABLISHED POLICY OF OUR COUNTRY TO INDICATE THE
GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES OF CHINA IN CHINESE PHONETIC ALPHABET, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE THIRD UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON THE
STANDARDISATION OF GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES CONVENED IN ATHENS IN 1977.
THEREFORE, THE PLACE-NAMES OF CHINA SHALL BE SPELT IN CHINESE PHONETIC ALPHABET. CONSIDERING THAT A PERIOD OF TIME IS NEEDED
BY THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE PLACE-
NAMES IN CHINESE PHONETIC ALPHABET WE SUGGEST THAT EACH PLACE-NAME
IN CHINESE PHONETIC ALPHARET BE FOLLOWED BY THE PLACE-NAME IN
ENGLISH BETWEEN BRACKETS SO AS TO FACILITATE THE USE OF THE MAPS.
CONFIDENTIAL
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