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RECEIVER REGISTRY
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE UKMLS GENEVA
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YOUR TELNO'S 2733-4 AND 2312 TO HONG KONG:
ICRC PROPOSAL TO OPEN REGIONAL DELEGATION IN HONG KONG.
1. WE AGREE THAT WE SHOULD INFORM THE CHINESE IF IT WERE ASPEED THAT
THE ICRC PROPOSAL DE PURSUED (PARAGRAPH 2 OF FIRST TUP).
2. IT IS HARD TO JUDGE LIKELY CHINESE VIEWS ABOUT LOCATION OF AN
ICRC OFFICE IN HONG KONG WITH THE FUNCTIONS SET OUT IN PARAGRAPHS
2 AND 3 OF SECOND TUR. OUR GUESS IS THAT THE CHINESE WOULD NOT
OPPOSE THE PRINCIPLE OF LOCATION IN HONG KONG. WE ASSUME THAT
HAVING HAD RECENT MINISTERIAL LEVEL CONTACT WITH THE ORGANISATION, THEY WOULD PROBABLY NOT JIP AT THE FURTHER ENDORSEMENT OF THE OPGANISATION'S ACTIVITIES THAT AGREEMENT TO LOCATION THERE MIGHT REPRESENT. BUT THEY MIGHT MAKE DIFFICULTIES
OVER THE DELEGATIONS DEALINGS WITH TAIYAN.
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