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OF 200823Z NOVEMBER 90
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, WARSAW
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HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR.
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HONG KONG/POLAND: REQUEST FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF POLISH CONSULATE-GENERAL.
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POLISH MINISTER COUNSELLOR CALLED ON HOARE ON 16 NOVEMBER TO PASS ON THE SAME MESSAGE. HE ALSO GAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT POLISH LINKS WITH TAIWAN WHICH WE ARE REPORTING SEPARATELY.
2. HE SAID THAT HIS CALL WAS PURELY FOR INFORMATION AND THAT THE SUBSTANTIVE APPROACH WOULD BE MADE IN LONDON. HE ALSO ASKED FOR DETAILS OF WHICH COUNTRIES HAD CONSULATES AND WHICH TRADE OFFICES IN HONG KONG. HE TOO MENTIONED THREE OR FOUR OFFICIALS, POINTING OUT THAT THE POLISH CONSULATES IN SHANGHAI AND CANTON EACH HAD THREE OFFICERS. HE SAID THAT IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO HANDLE HONG KONG/POLAND TRADE FROM PEKING, SHANGHAI OR CANTON.
3. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GORALCZYK'S PRESENTATION AND MATUSZEWSKI'S WAS THAT. THE FORMER SAID THAT THE POLES HAD FIRST RAISED THE MATTER WITH THE CHINESE DURING RECENT DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TALKS IN PEKING. THE CHINESE HAD RESPONDED THAT HONG KONG'S AFFAIRS WERE A MATTER FOR BRITAIN UNTIL 1997, AND THE POLES SHOULD TALK TO THE BRITISH ABOUT SUCH MATTERS.
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GORALCZYK SAID THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THE HUNGARIANS WERE EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF A TRADE OFFICE IN HONG KONG. THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY RELIABLE, SINCE HE ADDED THAT HE HAD HEARD THAT MRS. THATCHER WOULD VISIT CHINA BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
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