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DURING A CALL BY WILSON ON OTHER BUSINESS ON 23 JUNE, WANG
WE YANG AGAIN ASKED IF WE HAD HEARD ANY NEWS ABOUT PROGRESS FROM THE IMO SECRETARIAT (PARA 3 OF SECOND TUR REFERS). WILSON SAID THAT WE WERE STILL WAITING FOR THE IMO SECRETARY-GENERAL TO RAISE THE MATTER
WITH THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL.
COMMENT
2. ON BOTH CCC AND IMO MATTERS, WANG IS CLEARLY NOT BEING INFORMED
BY THE CHINESE DELEGATIONS CONCERNED OF PROGRESS MADE. WE ARE NOT
SURE WHETHER THESE DELEGATIONS ARE FAILING TO REPORT AT ALL OR
WHETHER THEY ARE REPORTING ONLY TO THE CHINESE IRO SUB-GROUP TEAM IN
HONG KONG WHO ARE, IN TURN, FAILING TO KEEP THE MFA INFORMED. FOR OUR PART, WE SHALL CONTINUE TO KEEP WANG INFORMED AS BEST WE CAN. (ON A RELATED ISSUE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF HONG KONG COULD SEND US
TWO COPIES OF ANY PAPERS HANDED OVER TO CHINESE IRO SUB-GROUP
MEMBERS IN HONG KONG. WE WOULD KEEP ONE COPY AND PASS THE OTHER TO
THE MFA IN CASE THEIR SUB-GROUP MEMBERS FAIL TO PASS THE MATERIAL TO
PEKING QUICKLY).
EVANS
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PEHPAN 1996
HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED
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