CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
CONFIDENTIAL
HKB 011/4.
TELNO 4550
OF 02100OZ
DECEMBER 87
0 1 DEC 1937
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
011/+
014557
MDHIAN 8626
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TOP COPY Q. D
OUR TELNO 4535: ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG : 'PASSAGE ON JLG
THE ADDITION PROPOSED IN THE LAST SENTENCE OF PARA. 2 OF TUR WOULD
ON REFLECTION BE MORE ACCURATE IF REVISED AS FOLLOWS ''AS A RESULT OF THE JLG'S EFFORTS, HONG KONG NOW HAS AND WILL RETAIN AFTER 1997 A SEPARATE STANDING IN RELATION TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS
AND TRADE, THE MULTI-FIBRE ARRANGEMENT AND THE CCC. IT IS THUS.
THE GATT AND MFA ARE NOT INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND THE MFA IS
AN ARRANGEMENT NOT AN AGREEMENT.
FORD
:
·
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
1
25
MAIN
24
HONG KONG AGREEMENT RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH (FE)
HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR EGGAR
MR MCLAREN
MR GILLMORE
ADDITIONAL
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
N N N N
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