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FM UKREP BRUSSELS
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
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OF 0913OOZ APRIL 86
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INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA, PEKING, HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY POSTS
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FCO TELS 169-171 TO CANBERRA
HONG KONG AND GATT
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1. I HAVE TAKEN ACTION TODAY WITH LIU, THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR HERE. HE HAD NOT YET RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS (AND APPARENTLY DID NOT KNOW OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP AGREEMENT). I SAID THAT, SUBJECT TO HIS VIEWS, I HOPED TO SEE DE CLERCQ ON 16 APRIL, AND SUGGESTED THAT HE SHOULD FOLLOW A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER (DEPENDING ON DE CLERCQ'S AVAILABILITY HE WILL BE IN PARIS FOR THE OECD MINISTERIAL AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK). I EXPLAINED THAT THIS SEPARATE BUT CONCERTED ACTION HAD BEEN AGREED BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS. LIU SAID THAT HE WAS, IN ANY CASE, HOPING TO SEE DE CLERCQ SOON ON OTHER MATTERS, BUT THAT AN APPOINTMENT WAS PROVING DIFFICULT TO FIX BECAUSE OF DE CLERCQ'S ABSENCES. I PROMISED THAT WE WOULD PRESS ON THE COMMISSION THE NEED TO ENSURE ONLY A SHORT DELAY BETWEEN THE TWO CALLS. LIU SAID THAT HE WOULD NOW SEEK INSTRUCTIONS, AND WOULD BE IN TOUCH WITH US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO CONFIRM THESE ARRANGEMENTS.
HANNAY
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ADVANCE
SHEPHERD ECD E FCO GALSWORTH HKD FCQ
R WILLIAMS DTI
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
DEP HD/PUSD
HD/PUSD
RD (MR WALKER)
PS
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
SIR W HARD ING
SIR J FREELAND MR WILSON MR CROWLEY
PUSD
HKR 127!!.
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
1 0 APR 1986
INDL.
PA
STRY
Action Taken
COPIES TO:- MR ROBERTS MR FIFOOT
MR WOOD MR PEIRCE
MR MALLABY
NEWS DEPT
LEGAL ADVISERS
LEGAL ADVISERS
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ASSESSMENTS STAFF CABINET OFFICE
CABINET OFFICE
MR DRC CHRISTOPHER CABINET OFFICE SIR P CRADOCK NO 10 DOWNING STREET
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