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CONFIDENT:VAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 2004
OF 2707052 JUNE 86
MENFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA
UKMIS GENEVA PLEASE-RASS COPY TO CARTLAND.
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OUR TELNO 1697 HONG KONG AND GATT.
DUNKEL, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF GATT, HAS FOLLOWED UP THE REMARKS REPORTED #IN OUR TELEGRAM WITH A LETTER TO HO HN WHICH HE STATES :
''HONG KONG'S ACCESSION TO THE GATT, THOUGHT A FAIT ACCOMPLI,
AND HONG KONG'S EVOLUTION AS A CONTRACTING PARTY WITH HITS OWN
SPECIAL #NTERESTS AND CONCERNS REMAIN MATTERS OF ACUTE INTEREST TO MOST CONTRACTING PARTĦES. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE GATT SYSTEM, SPECIFICALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF CHINA'S BID FOR RESUMPTION OF GATT
MEMBERSHIP AND, MORE GENERALLY, IN TERMS OF PRECEDENTS THAT MAY BE ESTABLISHED FOR ACCESSIONS SIMILAR TO HONG KONG'S, ARE STILL REGARDED
BY SOME WITH A DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY,
IT HIS EVEN MORE #IMPORTANT, THEREFORE, THAT THE #MPLEMENTATION OF THE UK-CHAINA UNDERSTANDING ON HONG KONG,' AS CONVEYED TO THE
CONTRACTING PARTHES IN THE COMMUNICATIONS OF THESE COUNTRIES SHOULD
BE SUCH AS TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF COMPLETE CONFIDENCE AND
CREDIBILITY.''
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH DEPT (FE)
DEP/HD/PUSD
PS/MR RENTON
MR WILSON
SIR W HARDING.
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
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