布政司署
香港下亞厘畢道
CONFIDENTIAL
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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT
LOWER ALBERT ROAD
HONG KONG
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When Malcolm Ferguson (Director, Middle East, Far East
& Australia Section, DFA) called on me earlier this week he made one or two points on South Africa's relations in this region which may be of interest.
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Now the quest for international acceptability was no longer the alpha and omega of South African foreign policy, the DFA were concentrating on economic needs. Ferguson had already concluded that they should pay much more attention to the Far East as a potential source of trade and investment. Hong Kong was the best base for this: Singapore remains under Malaysian pressure and they have no consulate there. Their relationship with Taiwan was tense and difficult. Certain practices (e.g. overfishing) had caused anger in South Africa and others tendency to propagandise about, e.g. new investment beyond what the substance justified) were causing disillusionment.
3.
When I asked about the PRC he confided that they would be establishing representative offices "within the next six to twelve months". But they have not told the Taiwanese yet and he asked that his confidence be respected.
Yours
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Stephen Brachy
(S E Bradley)
Deptuty Political Adviser
CC FED, FCO
HKD, FCO
Chanceries Peking, Pretoria
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