CONFIDENTIAL
HKC 020/3
1 OCT 1991
هم
23
173642
MDHOAN 1736
ни Таллай Hk / Tarvan like.
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELNO 1158
OF 30175OZ SEPTEMBER 91
INFO PRIORITY UKREP BRUSSELS, UKMIS GENEVA
INFO ROUTINE EC POSTS, HONG KONG, TOKYO, WASHINGTON, OTTAWA
MIPT: TAIWAN/GATT
FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF THE PROPOSED PRESIDENCY MANDATE TO HEADS OF MISSION IN PEKING:
1.
QUOTE ASSUMING THAT CHINA WOULD OBJECT TO TAIWAN'S BECOMING A MEMBER OF GATT IN ITS OWN CAPACITY BEFORE CHINA IS IN A POSITION TO RESUME ITS SEAT IN GATT, THE PRESIDENCY WOULD APPRECIATE THAT HEADS OF MISSION IN BEIJING EVALUATE DISCRETELY (WITHOUT CONSULTING THE CHINESE OR ANY THIRD PARTY) POSSIBLE POLITICAL REPERCUSSIONS WITH REGARD TO CHINESE-EC RELATIONS IN CASE OF EC SUPPORT TO START AN INFORMAL CONSULTATION PROCESS AMONG A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF GATT CONTRACTING PARTIES TO ARRIVE AT COLLECTIVE (TACIT) SUPPORT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GATT WORKING PARTY TO EXAMINE THE APPLICATION OF TAIWAN TO ACCEDE TO
THIS WORKING GROUP WOULD WORK PARALLEL TO THE WORKING GROUP WHICH CONSIDERS THE APPLICATION OF CHINA AND WOULD CONSIDER THE APPLICATION OF TAIWAN WITHOUT PREJUDICING EXPLICITLY THE TIMING OF ITS REALISATION.
IF THE HEADS OF MISSION COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THIS SUPPORT BY THE EC WOULD BE LIKELY TO HAVE POLITICAL REPERCUSSIONS WITH REGARD TO CHINESE-EC RELATIONS, THEY ARE REQUESTED TO INCLUDE IN THEIR REPORT ADVICE ON WAYS IN WHICH THESE REPERCUSSIONS COULD BE MITIGATED IF NOTWITHSTANDING OBJECTIONS BY CHINA, THE EC WERE TO DECIDE TO JOIN THE AMERICAN PROPOSAL TO FORM SUCH A WORKING PARTY ON TAIWAN.
HEADS OF MISSION ARE REQUESTED TO SEND IN THEIR REPORT BY 22 OCTOBER IN ORDER THAT THE SUBJECT CAN BE TAKEN UP IN THE ASIA WORKING GROUP OF 31 OCTOBER UNQUOTE.
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