CODE 18-78
1
· 3 SEP 1986
My Fifoot
1. Plance
CONFIDENTIAL.
Reference...
438
We spoke P.f. 27. 11
27.00
HONG KONG : JAPANESE LEGAL WORRIES.
the attached letter. Grateful for any
see
advice
you
Cam
offer. I find Japanese
obscure.
concerne
ratter
2. Om GATT, we've been over the ground with them. We've nuggested to the Chinese that we and they
might have
one more
до
the Chinese reaction.
(the Japanese), at them Land
we await
3. On C of Is, when the exchange of remoranda we're aurently discussing with the thirose is agreed and published it might be worth
with the
ow
while having
a word
Jungness to explain that, post-97, cq ls issued before that date will be legally valid by virtue If expheit therese agreement to allow them to the conturine to be valid (which seems
of
no more
than a
statement
J
the obvious to me
!).
4. More generally, do
think it would be possible to
you
find
some words of comfort that would set hearts at ease in the Japanese legal division?
Tom Smith 2018.
246.