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WAS WHETHER THE APPLICANT HAD STRONG ECONOMIC TIES WITH APEC MEMBERS AND THAT, IN INDICATING ITS INTEREST TO JOIN APEC, MACAU SHOULD EMPHASISE ITS STATUS AS A SEPARATE ECONOMIC ENTITY A
/ SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY AND A SEPARATE MEMBER OF THE GATT MACAU SHOULD START THE APPLICATION PROCESS BY FIRST APPROACHING THE HOST GOVERNMENT FOR THE 1993 MINISTERIAL, THE UNITED STATES. TWO OTHER APPLICANTS WITH STRONG SUPPORTERS HAD A HUGE HEAD START OVER MACAU : MEXICO BY THE US AND CANADA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA BY INDONESIA, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. THERE WAS A STRONG FEELING WITHIN APEC THAT FOLLOWING THE ENTRY OF MEXICO AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, MOST PROBABLY AT THE NOVEMBER 1993 MINISTERIAL, THERE SHOULD BE A MORATORIUM ON NEW MEMBERSHIP FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
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ALBUQUERQUE NOTED OUR POINTS AND SAID THAT HE WOULD ASK THE MACAU GOVERNMENT TO MAKE AND APPROACH TO THE US CONSULATE GENERAL IN HONG KONG IN THE FIRST INSTANCE.
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.ASIA/PACIFIC ECONOMIC
ERD
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ECONOMIC ADVISERS
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INFO D//BRIEFWRITERS
JOINT DIRECTORATE
NAD
PLANNERS
SPD
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PS/MR GOODLAD PS/MR HOGG MR CROWE
SIR J COLES
MR BEAMISH
MR HUM
MR BONE
MR MASEFIELD
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5
DTI//HD/EEP MR COOKE
DTI//OT4 MR HAMPTON
DTI//0T2 MR LOVE
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Z
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HMT//IF MR P SEDGEWICK HMD//IF2 MR S HANKS
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