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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 709 OF 7 SEPTEMBER
INFO BRUNEI, BANGKOK, PEKING, SEOUL, TOKYO, WELLINGTON
YRTELNO 920: ASIAN PACIFIC POSTAL UNION (APPU) EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
MEETING OCTOBER 1982
1.
WE NOW PROPOSE ASKING DOI TO SEEK APPU AGREEMENT TO OBSERVER
STATUS FOR THE BRITISH ENSEMBLE OF OVERSEAS TERRITORIES. THE
DOI WOULD ADD OUT OF COURTESY THAT BRUNEI ALONE WOULD REPRESENT
THE ENSEMBLE AT SEOUL. THUS WE HOPE THAT CHINA WOULD BE UNABLE
TO RAISE FURTHER OBJECTIONS AND THE PRINCIPLE OF OBSERVER STATUS
FOR THE ENSEMBLE WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED, LEAVING THE WAY OPEN
FOR HONG KONG'S ATTENDANCE AT THE CONGRESS.
2.
WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER YOU CAN AGREE TO THIS.
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