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GRS 233
CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1369
OF 040138Z AUGUST 87
VIDENTIAL
HEREWITH REPEAT OF OUR TELNO 1342 OF 29 JULY 87.
BEGINS:
CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1342
OF 290748Z JULY 87
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, DTP
DTP FOR WALL, SPD
KONG KONG AND THE IMO
88
TOP GOP
нис 1751/2
RECEIVED IN REGISTR’-
- 4 AUG 1987
DESK OF FICER. INDEX
1.
PIGOTT CALLED ON WANG WEIYANG ON 29 JULY AND SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED
IN HILL'S (HKD) LETTER TO HIM OF 17 JULY. HE ALSO HANDED OVER
COPIES OF THE IMO SECRETARY-GENERAL'S LETTER TO WALL (DTP) OF 8
JULY.
2. WANG EXPRESSED THANKS AND UNDERTOOK TO STUDY THE
SECRETARY-GENERAL'S LETTER CAREFULLY. HE ASKED WHETHER WE HAD ANY
SPECIFIC VIEWS ON THE TIMING AND METHOD OF PRESENTING OUR NOTES TO
THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL. SPEAKING PERSONALLY, PIGOTT SAID THAT WE SHARED THE IMO SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VIEW THAT OUR NOTES TO THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOULD BE TRANSMITTED SOON. AS TO THE METHOD OF TRANSMISSION, PIGOTT SUGGESTED, AGAIN SPEAKING PERSONALLY, THAT THE NOTES SHOULD SIMPLY BE SENT TO THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BY OUR RESPECTIVE MISSIONS IN NEW YORK. HE DID NOT THINK THAT THERE WAS ANY NEED FOR PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES TO PRESENT THE NOTES IN PERSON. THERE SEEMED THEREFORE NO NEED FOR SPEAKING NOTES TO BE PREPARED. WANG ASKED WHETHER WE COULD RESPOND FORMALLY ON THESE POINTS, SUGGESTING A CONVENIENT TIME FRAME AND CONFIRMING THAT THE CHINESE WOULD CONSIDER OUR PROPOSALS AND THEMSELVES RESPOND
FORMALLY.
3. GRATEFUL FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
ENDS.
THOMSON PEH PAN
3538
MINIMAL HKD MAED
COPIES TO!
CON DENTIAL
SPD InTP.