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FM WELLINGTON
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 27
OF 11230DZ JANUARY 90
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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, CANBERRA
1788) да нко 3406
YOUR TELNO 264 TO WASHINGTON
23
HONG KONG: INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
SUMMARY
Ако
HKD 34011
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
24FEB 1990
DESK OFFICER
12
007531 MDLIAN 9741
REGISTRY
PA
Action Taken
INDEX
1. A SYMPATHETIC RESPONSE AT SENIOR OFFICIAL LEVE, AND A PROMISE TO DISCUSS FURTHEA WHEN NZ MINISTERS RETURN FROM HOLIDAY IN LATE JANUARY.
DETAIL
2. SINCE THE NEW ZEALAND MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND IMMIGRATION ARE NOT DUE BACK FROM THEIR SUMMER HOLIDAY BEFORE I GO TO AUCKLAND FOR THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES I SPOKE ON 11 JANUARY TO BEEBY, THE ACTING SECRETARY AT THE MERT, AND LEFT WITH HIM THE TEXT OF MY SPEAKING NOTE. BEEBY HAD SEEN THE TEXT OF YOUR HOUSE OF COMMONS STATEMENT OF 20 DECEMBER WHICH WE HAD SENT TO THE MINISTRY BEFORE CHRISTMAS AND VOLUNTEERED HIS PERSONAL COMMENT THAT OUR MEASURES SEEMED WELL JUDGED.
3. I SAID WE HAD NOTED THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT'S REPLY TO OUR EARLIER REQUEST TO THE EFFECT THAT THEY COULD NOT HELP OVER ''SAFETY NET'' IMMIGRATION ARRANGEMENTS (MY TELNO 537) BUT, SINCE THEY ARE REVIEWING THEIR GENERAL IMMIGRATION POLICY, WE WOULD LIKE THEM TO LOOK AT THE ISSUE AGAIN, SYMPATHETICALLY, IN THE LIGHT OF THE SPECIFIC MEASURES WE HAD ANNOUNCED AND OF THE SHARED INTEREST OF OUR TWO GOVERNMENTS IN CONTINUING STABILITY AND PROSPERITY IN HONG KONG. I EXPLAINED THAT I WOULD HAVE WISHED TO SPEAK AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL BUT FOR THE NEW ZEALAND HOLIDAY SEASON AND SAID I WAS READY TO DISCUSS FURTHER WITH THE MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND IMMIGRATION IF THEY
WISHED.
4. BEEBY EXPRESSED SYMPATHY WITH OUR WISH TO MAKE A FURTHER DEMARCHE ON THIS SUBJECT. HE SAID HE WOULD ENSURE OUR REQUEST
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