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YOUR TELNOS 1342 AND 1385 AND OUR TELNO 697: HONG KONG AND THE
IMO
1.
ON FURTHER REFLECTION, IT OCCURS TO US THAT THE AGREED POSITION WITH THE CHINESE IS THAT JOINT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN TO GIVE EFFECT TO AGREEMENTS ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS IN BATCHES. IMO WAS OF COURSE ONE OF 6 IN THE FIRST BATCH, OF WHICH AGREEMENT WITH THE CHINESE IS STILL OUTSTANDING ON WMO AND ILO. IN SUGGESTING A TIME FRAME FOR TRANSMITTING NOTES ON IMO TO THE
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL WE SHOULD PERHAPS REMIND THE CHINESE OF
THIS.
2. IF WE DO AGREE TO FOLLOW THIS PROCEDURE IT WILL PROBABLY
DELAY ACTION ON THE IMO, WHICH WE ARE NOW READY TO TAKE,
A
CONTRARY
TO THE ADVICE OF THE IMO SECRETARY-GENERAL. HOWEVER WE WOULD NOT
SEE THIS AS TOO SERIOUS PROVIDED ACTION WAS NOT DELAYED MUCH
BEYOND THE END OF THIS YEAR. ET MIGHT THEREFORE BE BEST TO SUGGEST TO THE CHINESE THEREFORE THAT WE TAKE JOINT ACTION ON THE FIRST BATCH BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR, OMITTING ANY ORGANISATIONS ON WHICH WE HAVE STILL NOT REACHED FULL AGREEMENT. THIS WOULD GIVE US A CHANCE OF INCLUDING BOTH THE ILO, IF THE
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