ним осюр
RECRIVEL
REGISTRY
8 JAN 1986
REGISTRY
GRS 250
CONFIDENT FAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY PEKING
TELNO 010
OF 0610OOZ JANUARY 86
INFO PRIORITY FCO
CONFIDENTIAL
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED : JEG
нин
IN:
PA
a
HIM 0403
RECEIVED IN PEGISTRY
8 JAN 1936
DESK OFFI INDEX
REGISTRY Action Teken
BAT MEETINGS.
Action Taken
WE SHALL ISSUE THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE AT OR SHORTLY AFTER 1200 HRS ON 7 JANUARY (HONG KONG TIME) :
''FOLLOWING THE AGREEMENT IN THE SECOND MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE ISSUES OF HONG KONG'S FUTURE STATUS IN GATT AND THE CONTINUED APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS, EXPERT TALKS ON THESE TWO SUBJECTS WILL TAKE
PLACE IN PEKING BETWEEN 8 AND 11 JANUARY INCLUSIVE.
THE BRITISH TEAM OF EXPERTS ON GATT WILL BE LED BY MR. ERIC HO, SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, AND OTHER MEMBERS WILL BE MR. F. BURROWS, LAW OFFICER (SPECIAL DUTIES), MRS. L.K.Y. WEI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TRADE (MULTILATERAL), MR. P.C. WILSON, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY (GENERAL DUTIES), MR. A. TO, SENIOR CROWN COUNSEL, LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PEKING
EMBASSY. THE TEAM FOR TALKS ON INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
WILL BE LED BY MR. F. BURROWS, AND OTHER MEMBERS WILL BE MR. A. TO, MR. R.C. WILSON AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PEKING EMBASSY. THE
TEAMS WILL BE SUPPORTED BY TWO INTERPRETERS, MR. Y.P. CHENG AND MPS.
S.Y.S. CHIU.''
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
COPIES TO:
THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
RESEARCH D (FE)
D/HD PUSD
MP. WILSON
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