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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
INFO PRIORITY PEKING.
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I WAS INVITED TO CALL ON THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AT THE MFA TODAY ABOUT THIS. HE SAID THAT HE WANTED TO CONFIRM PERSONALLY TO ME THAT THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT HAD RECOGNISED THE POLITICAL IMPORTANCE WHICH WE ATTACH TO THIS QUESTION AND TO TELL ME THAT HE HAD GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS THAT QUOTE WE SHOULD TRY TO BE HELPFUL
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2. I THANKED THE SECRETARY GENERAL, REMINDED HIM THAT THE OPERATIVE MEETING WAS ON 22 MAY AND THAT ALL WE WERE ASKING WAS THAT THE BRAZILIANS SHOULD ACQUIESCE IN A GENERALLY ACCEPTED ARRANGEMENT. I SAID I KNEW YOU WOULD APPRECIATE THE BRAZILIANS READINESS TO SEE THE POLITICAL POINT INVOLVED.
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