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FM BCARFE HONG KONG 291020Z
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HKK 184/1
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* NO. 51
RE
3 0 MAR 1978
RE
Action Ta2.1
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TO PRIORITY D O T TELNO ALLOT 15 OF 29 MARCH 1978
INFO PORT MORESBY.
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FOR STABLES FROM WILSON
185
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BCARFE ALLOT 1 OF 29 MARCH TO PORT MORESBY.
I AM NOT SURE WHETHER YOU WISH ME TO PUSH DURING ENVISAGED PNG
VISIT FOR FORMAL AMENDMENT OF SANSUM/TAUVASA AGREED MINUTE OF
JANUARY 1977 AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
2. MY IMPRESSION IS THAT HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND CPA WOULD LIKE MATTER FORMALLY TIED UP BEFORE NEXT ROUND OF UK/NEW ZEALAND
TALKS AND DCA HONG KONG HAS PROPOSED BRIEFING MEETING HERE TO DETERMINE WHAT CONCESSIONS AND INDUCEMENTS WE MIGHT OFFER. DURING ROGERS' RECENT VISIT HERE, VARIOUS IDEAS WERE FLOATED, SUCH AS ONE CPA SERVICE WITH FULL RIGHTS AND ONE BLINDED POM/AKL. THERE WAS EVEN SOME DISCUSSION OF DELAYING ALL CPA SERVICES UNTIL OCTOBER
1979.
3. I SUSPECT PNG AUTHORITIES MAY WELL STALL FOR FURTHER TIME. HOWEVER, IF I AM TO PRESS FOR FORMAL AMENDMENT DURING VISIT, CONSIDERATION WILL HAVE TO BE GIVEN TO SIMULTANEOUS PRESENCE IN PORT MORESBY (DITHER OVERTLY OR LURKING IN BACKGROUND TO COPE WITH VARIANTS ARISING FROM NEGOTIATION) OF HONG KONG AND CPA REPRESENTATIVES. SINCE THERE IS ONLY ONCE WEEKLY HKG/POM
SERVICE, IT WOULD BE IMPRACTICAL TO SIGNAL FOR ATTENDANCE IF TURN
OF NEGOTIATIONS SO REQUIRES. I ANTICIPATE THIS ISSUE WILL COME UP
AT DCA'S BRIEFING MEETING AND WOULD WELCOME YOUR VIEWS ON POINT.
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