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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELNO 301
OF 1517152 APRIL 86
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
MIPT: HONG KONG AND GATT:
PUBLICITY
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14.
1.
WE HAVE BEEN GIVING PRELIMINARY THOUGHT TO HOW WE MIGHT
PUBLICISE THE ARRANGEMENTS CONCERNING HONG KONG'S FUTURE
PARTICIPATION IN THE GATT. WE IMAGINE THAT, ONCE THE
DECLARATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE, HONG KONG WOULD WISH TO ISSUE SOME
FORM OF PRESS RELEASE GIVING THE TEXTS OF THE DECLARATIONS.
OBVIOUSLY THE TEXTS OF BOTH DECLARATIONS NEED TO BE PUBLICISED
AND READ IN CONJUNCTION.
2.
WE SEE NO REASON WHY THIS ACTION SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN, BUT
WE WILL NEED FIRST TO:
(A)
(B)
2.
ALLOW THE GATT SECRETARIAT TIME TO DIGEST THE
DECLARATIONS AND CIRCULATE THEM AS GATT DOCUMENTS (AT
WHICH TIME THEY WILL, AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, IN ANY CASE BECOME PUBLIC):
PUT THE IDEA TO THE CHINESE. WE DOUBT WHETHER THEY WILL
HAVE ANY OBJECTION.
PLEASE RAISE THIS WITH THE
SUBJECT TO HONG KONG'S VIEWS,
CHINESE. YOU SHOULD EXPLAIN THAT WE JUDGE THAT A PRESS RELEASE
WILL BE USEFUL BOTH IN HONG KONG AND MORE WIDELY.
CONSIDERABLE SPECULATION ABOUT THE PROCEDURE WHICH CHINA AND THE
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