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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
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YOUR TELNO 197 TO HONG KONG.
WIPO ROUND TABLE MEETING: HONG KONG'S ATTENDANCE.
IN VIEW OF OUR CURRENT PROBLEMS WITH THE CHINESE OVER PADS, AND THE CONSEQUENTIAL HEIGHTENING OF CHINESE SENSITIVITIES, THIS WOULD NOT BE A PROPITIOUS TIME TO RAISE WITH THEM HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN WIPO. WE ARE THEREFORE MUCH ATTRACTED BY THE PROPOSAL IN PARA 3 OF TUR. WE SUGGEST THAT, AS ADDED INSURANCE AGAINST AN ADVERSE CHINESE REACTION, UKREP JLG SHOULD BRIEF THE CHINESE JLG OFFICE ON WHAT WE ARE DOING BEFORE THE WIPO MEETING.
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