RESTRICTED
ZCZC
RESTRICTED
FM FCO
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG
TELNO
OF
NOVEMBER 90
Mrfymen
ROUTINE
Cleased
it stands, with M. Whitehead.
as
Hong Kong Dept.
WH 311
We spoke. Grateful your views/
эроке.
YOUR TELNO 3308: SANCTIONS AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA
avvition/
Amendments.
PJW.
1. The ban on purchasing certain kinds of steel from South
Africa remains in place. It was one of the measures agreed at
the EC Meeting of Foreign Ministers in September 1986.
CSAD
A full K216 list of restrictive measures, Commonwealth and EC will be faxed Tel.
to Bradley. This will include details of the types of steel
covered by the EC ban.
2. Prospects for ending the steel import ban are improving
but the community is still some way from the consensus
required. Ministers have agreed that a positive signal should
be sent to the South African Government, but it is unlikely
that the Rome Summit, 14-15 December, will result in progress
on steel.
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