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THE EAST ASIA BUREAU AT STATE. THEY SAID THAT OUR APPROACH WAS WELL TIMED: THEY WERE WORKING THIS WEEK ON WHAT VIEW THEY SHOULD TAKE AS TO WHETHER CHINA, TAIWAN AND HONG KONG SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE APEF. THEY ADDED THAT OUR REPRESENTATIONS WOULD BE WIDELY ACCEPTED WITHIN STATE. THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS HOW THE CHINESE WOULD REACT IF HONG KONG WERE INCLUDED AND THEY WERE EXCLUDED. THE ADMINISTRATION HAD TO MAKE UP ITS MIND WHETHER IT WANTED TO RISK ANOTHER ROW WITH CHINA ON THIS ISSUE. WE POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS THE AUSTRALIANS NOT THE US WHO WOULD ISSUE THE INVITATIONS.
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THIS IS ENCOURAGING AS FAR AS IT GOES. BUT THE ADMINISTRATION
IS LIKELY TO GIVE MORE INSIGHT IN ITS CALCULATIONS TO RELATIONS WITH CHINA THAN TO THE MERITS OF HONG KONG'S CASE, HOWEVER OBVIOUS. IT IS NOT THEREFORE A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT THE AMERICANS WILL
SUPPORT AN INVITATION TO HONG KONG IF IT IS DECIDED NOT TO DO THE
SAME FOR CHINA.
FALL
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
79
DISTRIBUTION
84
.ASIA/PACIFIC ECONOMIC
LIMITED
ERD
SPD
HKD
FED
NAD
SEAD
ECD (E)
PLANNERS
ECONOMIC ADVISERS
NEWS D
PS
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/LORD BRABAZON
MR BAYNE
MR GILLMORE
MR CARRICK
MR KERR
MR MCLAREN
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MR A HUTTON, EEP/DTI
MR JM BOWDER, OT4/DTI MR W J HALL, OT2/DTI
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