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FM BRASILIA
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 115
OF 2315OOZ APRIL 86
AND TO INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
YOUR TEL NO 107: HONG KONG AND GATT
1. + HAVE SPOKEN AGAIN TO THOMPSON FLORES WHO CONFESSED TO HAVING SOME DOUBTS AFTER HAVING SPOKEN TO ME EARLIER (MY TELNO 109), ALTHOUGH HE HAD NOT TAKEN UP MY SUGGESTION OF RETURNING TO ME WITH ANY QUERIES.
2. IN PARTICULAR HE WANTED REASSURANCE ABOUT QUOTE GIVING TWO VOTES TO CHINA UNQUOTE, AND ANY PRECEDENTS. I SPOKE ON THE LINES OF THE GUIDANCE IN YOUR TELNO 170 TO CANBERRA, PARTICULARLY PARAGRAPHS 14 AND 11 AND HE APPEARED TO BE REASSURED ON THESE POINTS.
3. THOMPSON FLORES SAID (SPEAKING PERSONALLY AND IN CONFIDENCE) THAT AMBASSADOR BATISTA QUOTE TENDED TO COMPLICATE THINGS UNQUOTE AND THAT HE (THOMPSON FLORES) WOULD NOW SPEAK TO THE SECRETARY- GENERAL ABOUT HIS FURTHER TALK WITH ME WITH A VIEW TO SENDING INSTRUCTIONS TO BATISTA THAT HE WAS NOT TO RAISE DIFFICULTIES WHEN THIS CAME TO THE GATT COUNCIL. | EMPHASISED THAT IF THE SECRETARY GENERAL HAD ANY QUALMS OR QUERIES I WAS ENTIRELY AT HIS DISPOSAL TO TRY TO ALLAY OR CLARIFY THEM.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
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COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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29 APR 1986