INFO
Hongand
DTH
DTD
FCO
PEKING
TOKYO
NU
Commis. Office Use
DRAFT TELEGRAM
) PRECEDENCE FOR EACH
POST.
NO
BLASH
IMMEDIATE
PRIORITY
HOUTINE
X
G F 199
•IRCHE SECURITY CLASSIFICATION (SND PRIVACY MARKING WHEN
APPROPRIATE)
TOP SECRET
SECRET
CONFIDENTIAL
RESTRICTED
UNCLASSIFIED
CIKCLE PRIVACY MARKING PLUS
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
X
X
ADMIN
COMMERCIAL
HONOURS
MEDICAL
STAFF
OUR TELNO 555: POSSIBLE CULTURAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN HONG KONG AND JAPAN
IN CON- FIDENCE
A:
D:
)
DEA
1'A
As previous
1. The Japanese have now raised this in the
context of the Governor's forthcoming visit to
Japan ((25-27 May) The Consul-General has said
that the Japanese Embassy will be discussing it
with the FCO in London. It also appears that the
existing limited Japanese cannot enlarge their financial assistance
to Hong Kong educational institutions without a
formal agreement. So this issue is coming to the
boil.
Lobi
FILE NO
SIGNED
APPROVED POR DESPATCH
NAME IN BLOCK LTRS
APPOINTMENT
J.D.I. BOYD
PA
TEL. No.
5-95428
DATE.
TIME
15 MAY 86
Detail
2.
The Japanese Consul-General telephoned the
Political Adviser on 13 May to say that his en- quiries about the Air Services Agreement initialled with the Dutch (our telno 1463) reflected Japanese interest in Hong Kong's ability to sign agreements generally under specific authorisation from HMG.
They will be checking out HMG's views on this
point
int
at first hand in London in the near future.
/3.