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CONFIDENTIAL
Confidential
FM UKREP BRUSSELS
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1421
OF 30084OZ APRIL 87
INFO PRIORITY BRUSSELS
FCO TELNOS 116-121 TO BRUSSELS
TOP COPY Q DIST ?
HONG KONG AND THE CUSTOMS CO-OPERATION COUNCIL (CCC)
1. WHEN I SAW LIU, CHINESE AMBASSADOR HERE, LAST NIGHT (BEFORE TURS HAD ARRIVED), MENTIONED TO HIM THAT HE COULD EXPECT AN APPROACH SOON FROM THE UK TO CARRY OUT
AN OPERATION WITH THE CCC SIMILAR TO THE ONE WE HAD
JOINTLY AND SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED LAST YEAR ON GATT.
LIU SAID THAT HE HAD ALREADY BEEN WARNED BY PEKING, AND
LOOKED FORWARD TO ACTING JOINTLY WITH US. HE FORESAW NO PROBLEMS.
HANNAY
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ADVANCE
T. SMITH HKD/FCO
HILL HKD/FCO
SHEPHERD ECDE/FCO
KENT C/E
UCLNAN 7997
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED -ECD (E)
RESEARCH D. (FE) DEP.HD/PUSD PS/MR RENTON
MR MCLAREN
MR GILLMORE
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR. J. HELLD CUSTOMS AND EXCISE Ma KENT CUSTOMS AND EXCISE
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