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22 MAY 1086
CONFIDENTIAL
GRS 175
CONFIDENT MAL
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1516
OF 170145Z MAY 86
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA
UKMIS GENEVA PLEASE PASS A COPY. TO CARTLAND.
UKMIS TELNO 262: HONG KONG AND GATT : STATUS OF HONG KONG'S
GENEVA OFFICE.
WE ARE ENCOURGAGED BY THE VIEW IN PARA. 3 OF UKMIS TUR
AND DO NOT FEEL STRONGLY ON WHETHER TO SPEAK FIRST TO THE CHINESE
OR THE SWISS. MARGINALLY, WE FAVOUR THE FORMER SINCE THE POINTS
RECORDED IN PEKING TELNO 610 REMAIN UNANSWERED AND IN REPLYING
TO THE CHINESE WE CAN REITERATE THE NEED TO SPEAK TO THE SWISS.
2. AS REGARDS PARA. 3 OF UKMIS TUR, IT COULD BE ARGUED THAT THE
INITIATIVE WITH THE SWISS SHOULD BE FOR HONG KONG TO TAKE SINCE
IT ARISES FROM OUR AUTONOMOUS STATUS IN GATT. HOWEVER SINCE IN
SWISS EYES THE HONG KONG OFFICE IS A PART OF UKMIS, IT WILL BE
DESIRABLE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT A SEPARATE HONG KONG MISSION HAS UK
SUPPORT AND FOR UK TO USE ITS INFLUENCE WITH THE SWISS TO BRING
IT ABOUT. WE THEREFORE FAVOUR A JOINT APPROACH AS ORIGINALLY
PROPOSED.
AKERS-JONES
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 MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
CONFIDENTIAL
_HKK 122/1
REC ZE.
SISTRY
1 0 JUN 1986
AB 1016.
360