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FM TOKYO
TO IMMEDIATE FÇO
TELNO 578
OF 22060OZ MAY 36
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA,
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, PEKING
YOUR TELNO 342:
HONG KONG AND THE GATT: JAPANESE POSITION
1. THE MFA HAVE NOW GIVEN US THEIR RESPONSE TO OUR DECLARATION TO THE GATT: THEY CONSIDERED IT DESIRABLE THAT HONG KONG HAVE A STABLE POSITION IN THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, AND THEREFORE THEY WELCOMED HONG KONG'S MEMBERSHIP OF GATT. BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO EXAMINE THE LEGAL AND OTHER FACTORS AS REGARDS THE
SITUATION AFTER 1997.
2. IN REPLY TO OUR QUESTIONS THEY SAID THAT THE POST 1997 FACTORS THEY HAD IN MIND INCLUDED CHINA'S FUTURE RELATIONSHIP WITH GATT AND THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE CHINESE DECLARATION. THEY HAD NO PROBLEM WITH OUR DECLARATION OR THE SUTATION UP TO 1997. THE MFA HAD NOT YET SPOKEN TO THE CHINESE AND WERE STILL CONSIDERING HOW TO DO SO.
GIFFARD
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH D (FE)
DEP/HD PUSD
PS/MR RENTON MR WILSON
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
CONFIDENTIAL
HKR 122/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
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