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MDLIAN 2028
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 2900
OF 150516Z DECEMBER 92
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LAST DAY
18115
YOUR TELNO 490 AND OUR TELNO 2857: SEPARATION OF UK/ROK ASA
SUMMARY
1. TALKS SCHEDULED FOR 21-23 DEC. POSTPONED. AWAITING KOREAN'S CONFIRMATION OF THEIR AGREEMENT ON REVISED DATES AND AGENDA.
DETAILS
2. MR JEON TAE-DONG OF THE CONSUL GENERAL OF KOREA CALLED ON YIU (ASNU, ESB) ON 14 DEC TO DISCUSS ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS REGARDING THE FORTHCOMING AIR SERVICES CONSULTATIONS. HE THANKED YIU FOR THE MODEL ASA TEXT AND SAID THAT SINCE THE UK SIDE PROPOSED TO DISCUSS ASA SEPARATION, THE KOREAN SIDE WOULD NEED MORE TIME TO CONSIDER THIS MATTER AND THEREFORE THE PROPOSED DATES (I.E. 21-23 DEC) SEEMED TO BE TOO TIGHT. HE ADDED THAT THE KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SCHEDULED FOR 18 DEC WOULD MEAN THAT ALL KEY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WOULD BE TIED UP IN THE COMING TWO WEEKS. TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OTHER COMMITMENTS AND THE INTERVENING LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS, YIU FURTHER PROPOSED W/C 1 FEB. JEON RESPONDED THAT THE REVISED DATES SEEMED CONVENIENT BUT HE NEVERTHELESS NEEDED TO FURTHER CONSULT WITH HIS GOVERNMENT.
3.
JEON THEN RAISED A SERIES OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROGRESS OF OUR SEPARATION EXERCISE (PARTICULARLY OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE US AND JAPAN), CONSULTATION PROCEDURES WITH THE PRC ON A SEPARATED HK/ROK ASA, AND THE QUESTION OF TAIWAN RIGHTS, ETC. YIU GAVE HIM SOME BRIEF BACKGROUND BUT UNDERTOOK TO EXPLAIN TO THE KOREAN GOVERNMENT IN MUCH GREATER DETAIL AT THE CONSULTATIONS. JEON ADMITTED THAT HE WAS NOT AN EXPERT ON CIVIL
AVIATION MATTERS AND HIS QUESTIONS WERE MORE FOR CLARIFICATION
PURPOSE RATHER THAN CONVEYING ANY PARTICULAR CONCERN.
4.
LASTLY, JEON SAID THAT THE KOREAN DELEGATION WOULD LIKELY BE LED BY OFFICIALS FROM THE MFA AT THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL LEVEL AND HE WONDERED WHETHER THE HKG WOULD BE PREPARED TO MATCH THEIR
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