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FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU AT REQUEST OF HKD WAS
RECEIVED FROM MONTEVIDEO TELEGRAM NUMBER 93 OF 15 APRIL:
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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, PEKING
MY TELNO 88. HONG KONG AND GATT: BRIEFING OF CONTRACTING PARTIES
1. BECAUSE OF HEAVY COMMITMENTS LATER THIS WEEK OF THE RESPONSIBLE
MFA OFFICIALS, HEAD OF CHANCERY ACTED YESTERDAY ON INSTRUCTIONS IN
YOUR TELNO 169 TO CANBERRA. HE CALLED ON CENDOYA, HEAD OF
ASIA/AFRICA DEPARTMENT, AND EHLERS, ASSISTANT TO DIRECTOR GENERAL
FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, AND LEFT A SPEAKING NOTE BASED ON PARAS
1-7 OF YOUR TELNO 170 TO CANBERRA.
2. CENDOYA, WHO WAS JUST RETURNED FROM A LENGTHY TOUR AS CONSUL
GENERAL IN HONG KONG, IS FAMILIAR WITH BOTH GATT AND ITS IMPORTANCE
TO THE COLONY. HE READILY ACKNOWLEDGE THE POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE
OF RETAINING CONFIDENCE IN ITS FUTURE AND UNDERTOOK TO REPORT
OUR APPROACH TO FOREIGN MINISTER IGLESIAS. HE OFFERED NO COMMENT
OF SUBSTANCE ON URUGUAY'S ATTITUDE TO THE PROPOSED DECLARATION BUT
ANTICIPATED THAT WE WOULD ENCOUNTER OBJECTIONS FROM CERTAIN
CONTRACTING PARTIES, WHOM HE DECLINED TO IDENTIFY.
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