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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
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OF 23153OZ MARCH 90
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEFENCE OFFICE IN HONG KONG: REPUBLIC OF KOREA
THE KOREAN EMBASSY HERE HAVE WRITTEN TO US ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING A DEFENCE OFFICE IN HONG KONG.
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2. THEY HAVE NOTED THAT THE US HAS BEEN MAKING CONSIDERABLE EFFORTS TO OPEN A DEFENCE OFFICE IN HONG KONG AND THAT QUOTE THESE EFFORTS SEEM TO HAVE HAD SOME SUCCESS UNQUOTE.
3. THE KOREANS HAVE SOUGHT OUR OPINION ON WHETHER AN APPROACH TO YOU WOULD BE FRUITFUL. THEY ARE ASKING WHETHER SUCH AN OFFICE WOULD BE BEST RUN AS A LIAISON OFFICER LINKED TO LONDON OR RUN FROM LONDON AS A SORT OF DOUBLE-HEADED ADMINISTRATION BY THE DEFENCE ATTACHE RESIDENT IN LONDON.
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GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS ON THESE SUGGESTIONS.
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