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FM FCO 061515Z AUG 82
PRIORITY WELLINGTON
TELEGRAM NUMBER 269 OF 6 AUGUST 1982
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RFI BANGKOK, PEKING, SEOUL, ASIAN PACIFIC POSTAL UNION (APPU) EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING, OCTOBER 1982
1. GRATEFUL YOU APPROACH THE MFA FOR ADVICE ON HOW BEST TO ARRANGE HONG KONG'S AND BRUNEI'S ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING. NO COPIES OF THE APPU CONSTITUTIONAL DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE HERE.
2. (FOR HONG KONG) IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ATTENDING THIS MEETING IN THE LIGHT OF THE DIFFICULTIES THIS MAY CAUSE.
BACKGROUND
". HONG KONG, WHICH IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE APPU, WISHES TO ATTEND THE COUNCIL MEETING. TANAKE UNTIL RECENTLY THE DIRECTOT OF THE UNION HAS SUGGESTED TO THE HONO KONG POSTAL AUTHORITIES THAT THE UK SHOULD APPLY FOR OBSERVER STATUS (AS A MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION) AND APPOINT HONG KONG AS ITS REPRESENTATIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRECEDENT SET AT THE 1975 APPU CONFERENCE. A MAJORITY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD HAVE TO GIVE PRIOR APPROVAL TO THIS.
4. LAWLEY OF THE NEW ZEALAND POST OFFICE HAS TELEPHONED THE DOI
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