GRS 370
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FM WASHINGTON
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 456
M44 040/2
RECEIVED IN REGISTROV 28FEB 1985
DESK OFFICER
66
REGISTRY
PA
Action Taken
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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, UKREP BRUSSELS
INFO ROUTINE PEKING
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FCO TELNO 257 AND WASHINGTON TELNO 427: HONG KONG AND GATT 1..HO (HONG KONG SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY) CALLED ON YEUTTER YESTERDAY. THE HONG KONG OFFICE HERE HAVE GIVEN US THE FOLLOWING ACCOUNT.
2. HO TOUCHED ON THE US STAKE IN HONG KONG, THE GEOPOLITICAL EFFECTS A SUCCESSFUL HONG KONG SAR COULD HAVE ON CHINA, AND THE COMMON INTEREST IN THE FUTURE PROSPERITY AND STABILITY OF HONG KONG. IN OFFERING TO BRIEF YEUTTER ON HONG KONG AND THE GATT, HO STRESSED THE CONFIDENTIAL NATURE OF THE BRIEFING IN VIEW OF THE
AND DELICATE STAGE REACHED IN HMG'S DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHINESE, THEIR SPECIFIC REQUEST NOT TO COMMENCE DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY UNTIL
AGREEMENT WAS REACHED IN THE JLG.
3. HO OUTLINED THE ARTICLE XXV1(5)(C) APPROACH. YEUTTER ASKED WHETHER THE UK DECLARATION WOULD ALSO PROVIDE FOR SEPARATE CONTRACTING PARTY STATUS FOR THE SAR AFTER 1997. HO EXPLAINED THAT WE HOPED TO GET A SIMULTANEOUS SUPPORTING CHINESE DECLARATION, AND THAT GATT LEGAL ADVICE WAS THAT THIS SHOULD ASSURE CONTRACTING PARTY STATUS AFTER 1997. 4. HO ASKED IF YEUTTER COULD ENSURE THAT US REPRESENTATIVES WOULD AVOID NEGATIVE REMARKS ON THIS ISSUE, SHOULD IT COME UP. YEUTTER ASSURED HO OF US SUPPORT.
5. WALLIS (UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, STATE), AT
A SEPARATE MEETING, WAS SUPPORTIVE AND GAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THE US MISSION IN GENEVA WOULD BE INSTRUCTED ACCORDINGLY.
JENKINS
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH D (FE)
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
MR HUM FID
DEP/HD PUSD
PS/MR RENTCN MR WILSON
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