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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENT MAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1157
OF 19043OZ APRIL 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA
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UKMIS GENEVA PLEASE PASS A COPY TO CARTLAND
YOUR TELNO 321 AND UKMIS TELNO 186 AND 189: HONG KONG AND GATT
DATE OF DECLARATIONS
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THE ONLY REASON ON OUR SIDE FOR DELAYING DECLARATIONS UNTIL 30 APRIL WOULD BE IF THE TITLE OF OUR DELEGATION PROPOSED IN OUR TELNO 1147 CAUSED PROBLEMS. LINDEN OF GATT HAS ADVISED THAT THE LETTER OF CREDENTIALS WHICH WE SEND TO DUNKEL TO NOTIFY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OUR DELEGATION AND NOMINATE OUR PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE HAS TO SPECIFY THE TITLE OF OUR DELEGATION AND WE ARE NERVIOUS OF USING AN INTERIM TITLE WHICH IT MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE TO CHANGE LATER.
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2. WE ACCEPT THAT PRESS STATEMENT SHOULD ISSUE IN HONG KONG ON 25 APRIL IF DECLARATIONS MADE ON 23 APRIL AND ON 2 MAY IF MADE ON 30 APRIL.
3. NO OBJECTION TO AMENDMENT TO TEXT OF PRESS RELEASE IN PARA. 5 OF YOUR TUR.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
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COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
DEP/HD PUSD
PS/MR RENTON MR WILSON
(REPEATED AS REQUESTED)
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