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MILNAN 2704 OCMIAN 2704
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OO TOKYO
FM FCOLN TO TOKYO
141335Z MAR
GRS 621
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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE TOKYO
TELNO 208
OF 141335Z MARCH 86
AND TO WELLINGTON
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FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU AT REQUEST OF HKD
WAS RECEIVED FROM HONG KONG TELNO 777 13 MARCH:
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INFO IMMEDIATE ATHENS, BONN, BRUSSELS, COPENHAGEN, DUBLIN
INFO IMMEDIATE THE HAGUE, LISBON, LUXEMBOURG, MADRID, PARIS, ROME
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS, UKMIS GENEVA, WASHINGTON, OTTAWA
INFO IMMEDIATE CANBERRA
INFO SAVING PEKING
FROM WILSON.
HONG KONG AND THE GATT.
AS YOU KNOW FROM SEPARATE TELEGRAMS (NOT TO ALL), AT THE
PRESENT MEETING OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP (JLG)
AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED ON A PROCEDURE AIMED AT MAINTAINING
THE AUTONOMOUS POSITION OF HONG KONG WITHIN THE GATT AFTER IT
BECOMES A SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PRC ON 1 JULY 1997.
THE TWO SIDES ARE NOW PREPARING A PLAN FOR CO-ORDINATED APPROACHES
TO KEY CONTRACTING PARTIES TO EXPLAIN THE ACTION WHICH THEY
PROPOSE TO TAKE.
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