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TELNO 38
OF 261130Z MARCH 86
HKK 122/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
- 2 APR 1986
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA
TAB3⁄4/4.
·OUR TELNO 35: HONG KONG AND THE GATT: BRIEFING OF CONTRACTING
PARTIES
1.
WE ARE STILL CLEARING OUR LINES WITH THE CHINESE AND WILL
NOT NOW BE READY TO MOUNT THE BRIEFING EXERCISE ON HONG KONG AND
THE GATT IN ADVANCE OF EASTER (AND THEREFORE IN ADVANCE OF PRIME
MINISTER SCHLUTER'S VISIT TO HONG KONG).
2.
IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES SMITH (HKD) GAVE AN ADVANCE BRIEFING
TO KELLAND (DANISH EMBASSY) ON 25 MARCH. HE ASKED THAT THE DANES
SHOULD KEEP THE INFORMATION TO THEMSELVES UNTIL MORE WIDESPREAD
BRIEFING WAS UNDER WAY (AT WHICH POINT APPROACHES IN COPENHAGEN
AND GENEVA WOULD BE MADE BY BOTH US AND THE CHINESE). HE
EXPLAINED IN RATHER MORE DETAIL THE PROCEDURE WE AND THE CHINESE
WOULD BE ADOPTING UNDER GATT ARTICLE XXVI(5)(C) SO THAT HONG KONG
WOULD BE DEEMED TO BE A SEPARATE CONTRACTING PARTY. HE MADE IT
CLEAR THAT BOTH WE AND THE CHINESE WERE CONFIDENT THAT THE
PROCEDURE WAS FULLY IN ACCORD WITH GATT PROVISIONS AND THAT
INFORMAL ADVICE FROM THE GATT SECRETARIAT HAD CONFIRMED THAT THIS
WAS SO. WE HOPED AND EXPECTED THAT CONTRACTING PARTIES WOULD
UNDERSTAND AND WELCOME THE ARRANGEMENTS. KELLAND WAS GRATEFUL.
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