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DD 22010UZ PEKIN
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
21180UZ APR
GRS 375
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TO DESKBY 2201002 HONG KONG
TELNO 718
OF 211800Z APRIL 86
INFO DESKBY 220100Z PEKING
INFO DESKBY 2208002 UKMIS GENEVA
196
(206
203
2218227
YOUR TELNOS 1147 AND 1157, UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 189 AND PEKING
TELNOS 591 AND 596. HONG KONG AND GATT
1.
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE FURTHER EXPLANATION OF YOUR
THOUGHTS ON THE STATUS OF THE GENEVA OFFICE IN FIRST TUR. IT MAY
BE POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE AN ARRANGEMENT WHICH MEETS YOUR
OBJECTIVES, BUT WE WOULD LIKE FURTHER TIME TO CONSIDER THE
MODALITIES. WE DO NOT WANT TO RUSH INTO SOMETHING WHICH WE ARE
LATER FORCED TO UNPICK, FOR WHATEVER REASON.
SEPARATELY ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THE ISSUE.
PEKING TELNO 593, FOR WHICH WE ARE GRATEFUL.
ACCOUNT OF THE THOUGHTS IN IT.)
2.
WE WILL TELEGRAPH
(WE HAVE JUST SEEN
WE WILL TAKE
IN THE MEANTIME, WE DO NOT SEE WHY A DECISION ON THE NAME
OF YOUR GATT OFFICE SHOULD HOLD UP THE INTENDED DECLARATIONS. WE
SEE NO PROBLEM ARISING FROM THERE BEING A GAP BETWEEN THE
DECLARATIONS AND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE'S LETTER OF CREDENTIALS
BEING DELIVERED TO THE GATT. WE SHOULD, THEREFORE, LIKE TO PRESS
AHEAD WITH THE DECLARATIONS ON 23 APRIL WHILE PURSUING THE OTHER
ISSUES IN SLIGHTLY SLOWER TIME. IN VIEW OF FIRST PEKING TUR,
UKMIS SHOULD NOW MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THEIR CHINESE COLLEAGUES
A
#KK 122/1
23 APR 1986
Taken
JAS 23/4
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