GRS 120
CONFIDENTIAL.
CONFIDENTIAL
FM UKMIS GENEVA
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 130
OF 16155OZ APRIL 1996
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, PEKING, WASHINGTON
GATT AND HONG KONG : BRIEFING OF CONTRACTING PARTIES
1.
ALTHOUGH SAMUELS RAISED NO QUERIES DURING OUR BRIEFING SESSION, TRAN (WHOM PLEASE PROTECT) HAS THE IMPRESSION THAT THE US OFFICE
HERE IS STILL CONSIDERING AS A POSSIBLE OPTION A US RESERVATION OF
GATT RIGHTS VIS-A-VIS HONG KONG. THIS SUGGESTS THAT SOME OF THE DOUBTS EXPRESSED BY DEPUTY US TRADE PEPRESENTATIVE TO CROWE PERSIST (WASHINGTON TELNO 687), AND GIVES CAUSE FOR CONCERN (HONG KONG TELNO 977 AND FCO TELNO 514).
2. WE UNDERSTAND THAT SAMUELS IS TRAVELLING TO WASHINGTON NEXT MONDAY, WHEN HE WILL PROFFER HIS ADVICE. TRAN IS WORKING TO ARRANCE
A JOINT ANGLO-CHINESE-US SESSION BEFORE THEN AT WHICH WE SHALL SEEK TO IMPRESS UPON SAMUELS THE NEED FOR SILENT ACQUIESCENCE.
SANKEY
AKR 102/1
RECEIVED T
1 7 APR 1986
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PA
INDEX
AB174
HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD <HOWED
HD/FED
RESEARCH D (FE)
DEP/HD PUSD
PS/MR RENTON MR WILSON
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
CONFIDENTIAL
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