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OCMIAN 9935
CONFIDENTIAL
PP PEKIN
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
151800Z APR
GRS 745
CONFIDENTIAL
29935
HKK!22|1
RICE V
1 7 APR 1986
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 674
OF 151800Z APRIL 86
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA, BERNE
Laker.
ABM.
YOUR TELNO 1069: HONG KONG AND GATT: STATUS OF HONG KONG'S GENEVA
OFFICE
1.
SUBJECT TO UKMIS GENEVA'S VIEWS, WE SEE NO PARTICULAR
NEED FOR THERE TO BE A FORMAL NOTIFICATION FROM HONG KONG TO THE
EFFECT THAT CARTLAND IS TO BE HONG KONG'S REPRESENTATIVE TO THE
GATT. WE IMAGINE THAT THERE WOULD CERTAINLY BE NO NEED FOR A
SENIOR OFFICER FROM HONG KONG TO TRAVEL PERSONALLY FOR THAT
PURPOSE. WE THINK THE STEP COULD BE TAKEN QUITE SIMPLY BY
CARTLAND HIMSELF.
2.
AS TO THE STATUS OF HKGO GENEVA, WE UNDERSTAND YOUR
GENERAL INTENTIONS BUT ARE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE IN
MIND, IN PRACTICAL TERMS, WHEN YOU REFER TO 'FORMAL SEPARATION
FROM UKMIS' (PARA 4 OF TUR) OR TO ITS STATUS AS 'A SEPARATE
ENTITITY' (PARA 3 (C)). WE CAN SEE POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS
ARISING FROM:
CHINESE PERCEPTIONS AND SENSITIVITIES:
THE OFFICE'S LIKELY RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER INTERNATIONAL
ORGANISATIONS BOTH BEFORE AND AFTER 1997:
(A)
(B)
(C)
3.
PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES.
WHERE (A) IS CONCERNED WE ASSUME THAT THE CHINESE WOULD
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