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GRS 941
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO 301010Z MAY 85
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
TELEGRAM NUMBER 752 OF 30 MAY 1985
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RECEIVE
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA, UKREP BRUSSELS, BRUSSELS (FOR JONES), WASHINGTON
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YOUR TELNOS 838, 894 AND 1000 (NOT TO ALL) PEKING TELNO 683 AND UKMIS GENEVA TELNOS 182 AND 192: HONG KONG'S
FUTURE POSITION IN GATT AND CCC: DRAFT EXCO MEMORANDUM
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1. MIFT CONTAINS A REVISED VERSION OF THE DRAFT MEMORANDUM IN
YOUR TELNO 838 AND OF THE DRAFT DECLARATIONS UNDER GATT ARTICLE
XXVI (V)(C) TO WHICH IT REFERS. THE REDRAFTS (CLEARED WITHIN THE
FCO AND WITH DTI AND HM CUSTOMS AND EXCISE) INCORPORATE DRAFTING
CHANGES AND TAKE ACCOUNT OF ALL THE COMMENTS IN TURS. SUBJECT TO
ANY FURTHER COMMENT FROM UKMIS GENEVA, THE WAY WOULD NOW SEEM
CLEAR FOR YOU TO PUT THE PAPER TO EXCO WITHIN THE TIMESCALE YOU
ENVISAGE (PARA 7 OF YOUR TELNO 1000).
2.
WE WISH TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC
ASPECTS OF THE REVISED PAPER:
GENERAL
3. WE HAVE OMITTED REFERENCES TO HONG KONG'S QUOTE DE FACTO
UNQUOTE AND/OR QUOTE DE JURE UNQUOTE STATUS IN THE GATT. IT DOES
NOT SEEM TO US THAT SUCH REFERENCES EITHER HELP OR CONTRIBUTE
TOWARDS ANY GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ARGUMENTATION IN THE
PAPER. THE ISSUE IS NOT SO MUCH A FACTUAL OR LEGAL POSITION AS
WHETHER HONG KONG ATTAINS A SEPARATE MEMBERSHIP STATUS WITHIN THE
GATT.
PARA 5
4.
AS SUGGESTED BY UKMIS GENEVA (PARA 2 OF THEIR TELNO 182) AND
SUBSEQUENTLY ENDORSED BY YOU (PARA 2 OF YOUR TELNO 894) WE HAVE
NOT MENTIONED ANY TIME-FRAME WITHIN WHICH CHINA'S ACCESSION TO
THE GATT MIGHT BE CONSIDERED.
PARA 6 OPTION 3
5. THE WORDING OF THIS OPTION (WHICH TAKES ACCOUNT OF THE
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