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TELELETTER NFR
OF 06223OZ MARCH 86
- 7 MAR 1986
DESK OFFICER
GISTRY
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tion Taken
FROM:
D J PLUMBLY,
FOLLOWING FOR:
J POWELL,
WASHINGTON HKD, FCO
HONG KONG AND THE GATT
1. WE SPOKE ON THE TELEPHONE THIS MORNING ABOUT THE CONTINGENCY INSTRUCTIONS YOU PLAN TO SEND US TO BRIEF USTR AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT, ASSUMING THINGS GO WELL IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP. I THOUGHT I SHOULD LET YOU KNOW THAT BRIAN CROWE HAD INDEPENDENTLY PUT IN FOR A CALL TO SEE DEPUTY USTR SMITH, MAINLY TO DISCUSS THIS SUBJECT. SMITH IS DIFFICULT TO PIN
DOWN BUT HAS OFFERED CROWE AN APPOINTMENT AT 3 P.M. ON
18 MARCH. FROM MY MEMORY OF THE DATES YOU WERE DESCRIBING,
IT SEEMS THAT THIS MIGHT FIT: WE THEREFORE PROPOSE, UNLESS YOU SEE OBJECTION, TO LET THE APPOINTMENT STAND. IF THINGS GO AWRY WE CAN ALWAYS CANCEL IT.
SIGNED: D J PLUMBLY
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