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YOUR TELNO 088: HONG KONG AND GATT
1.
GRATEFUL YOU TAKE BRIEFING ACTION AS INSTRUCTED. IN
COORDINATING THE BRIEFING CAMPAIGN WITH THE CHINESE, WE AGREED
WITH THEM THAT WE (OR THEY) WOULD ACT ALONE IN COUNTRIES WHERE
THEY (OR WE) HAD NO DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION. (THEY, FOR
EXAMPLE, WILL ACT ON THEIR OWN IN BUENOS AIRES.) THEY ARE OF
COURSE AWARE THAT WE WILL BE SPEAKING TO THE URUGUAYANS.
JUDGE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL YOU MAY CONFIRM THIS POINT.
2.
IF YOU
WE APOLOGISE THAT THE ABOVE WAS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR FROM
OUR ORIGINAL INSTRUCTIONS. WITH SUCH A WIDE RANGE OF POSTS
INVOLVED IT WAS NOT PRACTICABLE TO COVER EVERY NUANCE.
HOWE
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