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YOUR TELNO 115: MARINE ADVISER/IMO REPRESENTATIVE
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OUR REPLIES TO LIN'S FIVE QUESTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
UNDER ARTICLE 13 BIS OF THE HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT,
CONCLUDED BY AN EXCHANGE OF NOTES DATED 20 JANUARY 1982,
IMO MEMBERS BECAME ABLE TO DESIGNATE PERMANENT
REPRESENTATIVES TO THE ORGANISATION. THERE ARE NOW 26
(INCLUDING THE PRC IS PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE).
22 ARE PART OF THEIR COUNTRIES' EMBASSIES OR HIGH
COMMISSIONS.
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4 (USSR, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF KAMPUCHEA, PANAMA, AND
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC).
AS MEMBERS OF THEIR COUNTRIES' EMBASSIES ETC MOST
REPRESENTATIVES HAVE NORMAL PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES
UNDER THE VIENNA CONVENTION. THE REST HAVE THOSE
PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES PROVIDED UNDER ARTICLE 13 BIS 1, 2 AND 3 OF THE HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT, EXCEPT THAT
UNDER THE TERMS OF ARTICLES 13 BIS 5 CUKCS (IE BRITISH
NATIONALS) AND PERMANENT RESIDENTS ARE EXCLUDED.
NO.
GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD PASS THESE REPLIES TO THE CHINESE
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