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TO IMMEDIATE Foo
TELNO 820
OF 03081OZ JUNE 86
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NOCA
1 0 JUN 1986
EGISTRY
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, PEKING, TOKYO, JUKMIS GENEVA
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YOUR TELNOS 601, 602 AND 609 : HONG KONG AND THE GATT
1. WE SHARE THE DOUBTS IN YOUR PARA 3 ABOUT THE USEFULNESS OF
A FURTHER APPROACH TO THE INDIANS. OUR CONCERN ABOUT THE EFFECTS
ON CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG OF QUESTIONING ON THIS ISSUE WAS
FULLY DEVELOPED BY HEAD OF CHANCERY IN HIS CALL ON ABHYANKAR.
ASSURANCES ABOUT THE POSITION AFTER 1997 WERE SET OUT IN
DE FONBLANQUE'S LETTER OF 20 MAY. THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL POINTS
OF SUBSTANCE, AS FAR AS WE CAN SEE, IN TUR'S WHICH WOULD BE LIKELY TO INFLUENCE THE INDIANS. A FURTHER APPROACH MAKING THE
SAME POINTS WOULD ONLY AROUSE THEIR INTEREST. NOR WOULD A
PARALLEL CHINESE APPROACH BE LIKELY TO HELP: IT IS PRECISELY
DEEP INDIAN SUSPICION OF CHINA THAT IS PROBABLY THE ROOT CAUSE
OF THEIR RESERVATIONS.
2. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE SAY NOTHING FURTHER TO THE
INDIANS AT LEAST UNTIL THEIR INTENTIONS ARE CLEARER. IT IS
POSSIBLE THAT THE INDIANS WILL THINK BETTER OF TAKING THIS ANY FURTHER, GIVEN THE LACK OF ANY OPEN SUPPORT FOR THEM AT THE GATT COUNCIL. IF THE SUBJECT COMES UP, WE WILL OF COURSE DRAW ON TURS.
BROOMFIELD
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD HD/FED
RESEARCH D (FE)
DEP/HD PUSO SAD.
PS/MR RENTON MR WILSON
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MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
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