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TO IMMEDIATE NEW DELHI
TELNO 609
OF 020830Z JUNE 86
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING, TOKYO, UKMIS GENEVA
UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 291: HONG KONG AND GATT
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HONG KONG TELNOS 1633 AND 1634 REFERRED TO IN TUR ARE NOW
BEING REPEATED TO YOU.
2.
WE PROPOSE TO REINFORCE THE MESSAGE GIVEN TO THE JAPANESE
BY THE GOVERNOR BY SPEAKING TO THEM ALONG THE SAME LINES HERE AND
IN GENEVA. WE ALSO HAVE IT IN MIND TO SUGGEST TO THE CHINESE
THAT THEY SHOULD ACT SIMILARLY. OUR INITIAL LOBBYING EXERCISE
WAS A JOINT ONE, AND SO IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SECURE HONG
KONG'S LONG-TERM POSITION IN THE GATT: MOREOVER THE JAPANESE
CONCERN PRIMARILY RELATES TO THE PERIOD AFTER 3U JUNE 1997.
3.
IN VIEW OF TUR WE NOW WONDER WHETHER WE SHOULD NOT
PROPOSE TO THE CHINESE THAT WE AND THEY SPEAK TO BOTH THE
JAPANESE AND THE INDIANS. BUT BEFORE WE INSTRUCT PEKING TO SPEAK
TO THE CHINESE WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ADVICE. WOULD WE
BE LIKELY TO ACHIEVE MUCH IN THE CASE OF THE INDIANS GIVEN THAT
YOU HAVE GONE BACK TO THE INDIANS TWICE ALREADY, IN ADVANCE OF
THE RECENT GATT COUNCIL? (JAPANESE CONCERNS ABOUT THE POST-1997 POSITION BECAME KNOWN TO US ONLY ON THE DAY OF THE GATT COUNCIL, AND THERE WAS NO TIME TO LOBBY THEM IN ADVANCE OF THE COUNCIL.
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