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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 36
OF 04162OZ JANUARY 90
RESTRICTED
HKC 102
1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
22 JAN 1990
DESK OFFICER
INDEX..
REGISTRY
Action Taken
Z
65731
MDHOAN 0554
Enter PA
К
FROM SPD
APPLICATION FROM
YOUR TELNO 4108: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: MARSHALL ISLANDS AND FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA
APOLOGIES FOR DELAY. WE ONLY HAD SIGHT OF TUR ON
19 DECEMBER.
1.
2.
MINISTERS HAVE AGREED THE UK WILL ABSTAIN IN COMPANY WITH THE FRENCH, EXPLAINING OUR VOTE. WE HAVE STRONG LEGAL REASONS FOR DOING SO. UN TRUSTEESHIP HAS NOT YET BEEN TERMINATED AND THESE ENTITIES ARE THEREFORE NOT INDEPENDENT STATES AND CANNOT APPLY FOR MEMBERSHIP AS INDEPENDENT STATES UNDER ARTICLE 3 (1) OF THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE BANK. WE SYMPATHISE WITH THE INDEPENDENCE ASPIRATIONS OF FSM AND RMI, BUT DO NOT RECOGNISE THEM AS INDEPENDENT STATES WHILE THEY ARE STILL SUBJECT TO UN
TRUSTEESHIP. THESE TERRITORIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
CONDUCT OF THEIR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND THEIR APPLICATION
SHOULD THEREFORE BE CONSIDERED UNDER ARTICLE 3 (3) OF THE
AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE BANK.
WE HOPE HONG KONG WILL VOTE WITH US ON THIS ISSUE. FURTHER
BACKGROUND IS CONTAINED IN FCO TELNO GUIDANCE 2 OF 11 JANUARY
3 =
1989.
HURD
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
40
MINIMAL
SPD
UND
ADDITIONAL
1
IFID/IDA
NNNN
DISTRIBUTION
41
HKD
SEAD
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