OCMIAN 8261
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PP PEKIN
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
162226Z JAN
GRS 320
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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 107
OF 162226Z JANUARY 86
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
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FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU AT REQUEST OF HKD
WAS RECEIVED FROM UKREP BRUSSELS TELEGRAM NO 117 OF 15 JAN
INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA
UK MIS GENEVA TELEGRAM NO 1: GATT, CHINA AND HONG KONG.
SO FAR WE HAVE, ON INSTRUCTIONS, LIMITED OUT BRIEFING OF THE COMMISSION TO FIELDING, THE BRITISH DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF DGI TO WHOM
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WE LAST SPOKE IN NOVEMBER. WE HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE WERE
SPEAKING ON A BRITISH/BRITISH BASIS. WE HAVE NOT BRIEFED THE
COMMISSIONS'S GATT SPECIALISTS, OF WHOM FIELDING IS NOT ONE (LUYTEN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL - BELGIAN): APBOTT, DIRECTOR BRITISH,
EX-DIPLOMATIC SERVICE). THE COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE IN GENEVA HAS
BEEN PARTLY BRIEFED (UKMIS TUR)
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NOW THAT, FOLLOWING DUNKELS VISIT TO CHINA, THE ISSUE OF CHINESE
MEMBERSHIP OF THE GATT HAS COME TO THE FORE, I REALLY THINK WE NEED
TO BRIEF THE SPECIALISTS. THE COMMISSION MAY NOT HAVE MUCH OF A ROLE
TO PLAY OVER THE DELICATE MANOEUVERING AROUND THE ISSUE OF THE BASIS
OF HONK KONG'S MEMBERSHIP IN THE FUTURE. BUT THEY ARE DIRECTLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HANDLING OF THE CHINESE MEMBERSHIP ISSUE, AND
THERE IS CLEARLY A RISK, AND PERHAPS IN SOME QUARTERS THE DESIRE TO
CONFUSE OR LINK THE TWO ISSUES. ONCE THE COMMISSION SPECILISTS ARE
BRIEFED, WE HAVE A MUCH BETTER CHANCE OF PREVENTING THE TWO ISSUES
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