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177654 MDLOAN 6784
CONFIDENTIAL
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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 874
OF 211105Z APRIL 89
AND TO PRIORITY PEKING
HKC 031/7
Pa 42171
INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 1128: WIPO: DIPLOMATIC CONFERENCE ON PROPOSED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TREATY: WASHINGTON 8-26 MAY.
DTI HAVE NOW AGREED TO THE INCLUSION OF A HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UK DELEGATION, ON CONDITION THAT:
1.
A. B.
THIS IS CLEARED WITH THE CHINESE, AS BEFORE.
THE HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE WOULD AS BEFORE BE A SILENT PARTICIPANT (AND NOT PRESENT AT ALL DURING COMMUNITY MEETINGS). SHE WOULD BE AT LIBERTY TO REQUEST THAT HONG KONG POINTS ARE MADE.
C.
THE HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE WOULD WITHDRAW FROM THE DELEGATION IF OBJECTIONS WERE RAISED TO HER PRESENCE IN THE UK
DELEGATION.
2.
WE SEE NO DIFFICULTY OVER THIS. SUBJECT TO YOUR COMMENTS, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF PEKING WOULD INFORM THE CHINESE OF OUR INTENTION TO INCLUDE A HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE IN THE UK DELEGATION TO THIS CONFERENCE.
3.
OTHER MEMBERS OF DELEGATION WILL BE:
VICTOR TARNOFSKY, ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER, INDUSTRIAL
PROPERTY AND COPYRIGHT DEPT (IPCD), DTI
PETER BRITTON, SUPERINTENDING EXAMINER, IPCD.
DEREK HASELDEN, SENIOR EXAMINER, IPCD
ROBIN BOXALL, PATENT AGENT OF PHILIPS INDUSTRIES LTD (NOMINATED BY UK ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY AS ADVISER TO DELEGATION).
WE ARE FAXING TO MISS WATERS A BROCHURE GIVING DETAILS OF CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS. OTHER PREPARATORY PAPERS ARE AVAILABLE FROM TARNOFSKY IF REQUIRED.
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