CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO ROUTINE BUDAPEST
TELNO 273
OF 27175OZ JUNE 90
AND TO ROUTINE HONG KONG, PEKING
ING
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taker PA
100605
MDLOAN 9347
HKB 020/13
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YOUR TELNO 412 (NOT TO PEKING): HONG KONG/HUNGARY: TRADE OFFICE
1. WE ARE REVIEWING OUTSTANDING BUSINESS, INCLUDING THE HUNGARIAN TRADE OFFICE IN HONG KONG, IN ADVANCE OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO HUNGARY IN MID SEPTEMBER. ON THE BASIS OF TUR, IT WOULD BE USEFUL AT THIS STAGE TO KNOW WHETHER THE HUNGARIANS WANT TO COMPLETE INITIAL NEGOTIATIONS BY THE TIME OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT AND WHETHER THEY ARE LOOKING TO SIGN SOME SORT OF FORMAL AGREEMENT OR UNDERSTANDING DURING THE VISIT.
2.
WE WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTIONS IN PRINCIPLE. BUT WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS AND THOSE OF HONG KONG ON WHETHER IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE OR NECESSARY TO SIGN SUCH AN AGREEMENT DURING THE VISIT, SHOULD THE HUNGARIANS WISH TO WORK TO THIS DEADLINE.
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(FOR PEKING) GRATEFUL FOR VIEWS ON ANY POSSIBLE CHINESE SENSITIVITIES ABOUT SUCH AN AGREEMENT BEING SIGNED DURING THE
VISIT.
HURD
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MAIN
27
LIMITED
E ED
HKD
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/MR WALDEGRAVE
NNNN
DISTRIBUTION
27
MR WESTON
MR MCLAREN
MR TAIT
MR BURNS
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