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FROM UKMIS: NEW YORK 1223152 JUN 85
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 463 OF 12 JUNE
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING.
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HKK 040/12
YOUR TELNO\210, REGISTRATION OF THE HONG KONG AGREEMENT AT
THE UN.
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1. EVERYTHING WENT BEAUTIFULLY ACCORDING TO PLAN, INCLUDING
IN THE END, THE ATTENDANCE OF THE CHINESE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE
(BUT ONLY AFTER A LITTLE PERSONAL PERSUASION BY ME). THE CENTRAL
POINT OF THE CEREMONY INVOLVED LING QING AND I SIMULTANEOUSLY
PLACING OUR NOTES REQUESTING REGISTRATION PLUS CERTIFIED
COPIES INTO THE RIGHT AND LEFT HANDS OF THE UN LEGAL COUNSEL
WHILE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM THE UN PRESS SERVICE AND ONE
FROM HSINHUA PHOTOGRAPHED THE SCENE, WITH THE UN FLAG IN
THE BACKGROUND.
2.
THE FACTS WOULD THEREFORE ENTIRELY JUSTIFY THE WORD QUOTE
SIMULTANEOUSLY UNQUOTE IF YOU WISHED TO MAINTAIN IT. HOWEVER,
(PARA 1 OF TUR) YOU MAY OF COURSE NOW DROP THE WORD ''ACTING **
3. THE SECRETARY GENERAL DID INDEED INCLUDE A WARM MENTION
OF THE OCCASION IN HIS LUNCHEON TOAST TO LING. AT THE REGULAR
PRESS CONFERENCE EARLIER IN THE DAY, THE SG'S PRESS SPOKESMAN
CONFIRMED THAT THE REGISTRATION WOULD TAKE PLACE AND RECALLED THE SECRETARY GENERAL'S STATEMENT OF LAST SEPTEMBER ON SIGNATURE, (SEE MY TELNO 455). UNTIL SPOKESMAN GIVES OUT THE SUBSTANCE
OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL'S LUNCHEON TOAST I AM AFRAID THAT
PEREZ DE CUELLAR'S REMARKS MUST BE REGARDED AS PRIVATE AND
UNSUITABLE FOR USE.
THOMSON
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER)
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PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
MR J CROWLEY, FUSD
COPIES TO:(VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
OFFICE CABINET OFFICE MR D B C CHRISTOPHER. CABINET OFF.
MR MALLABY
SIR P CRADDOCK, No. 10 DOWNING ST.
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