CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO TELELETTER PEKING
TELELETTER PA CR 6/3571/91
OF 241248Z FEBRUARY 92
CONFIDENTIAL
нко
Hi 9405h
Reglied
ра
INFO TELELETTER UKREP JLG HONG KONG, FCO, WASHINGTON
FROM: WILLIAM EHRMAN, POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG FOR: DAVID COATES ESQ., BE PEKING
COPIED TO: A R PAUL ESQ., UKREP JLG, HONG KONG
PF RICKETTS ESQ. HKD, FCO
·
H LL DAVIES ESQ., FED, FCO
SD PATTISON ESQ., WASHINGTON
POST-1997 US PRESENCE IN HONG KONG
2
021/3 111050
MDTTAN 3257
M
Mh Mari
You
deng
a
reply Germ
1 Hink
1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TELELETTER OF 13 FEBRUARY AND FOR THE COPY OF THE AMBASSADOR'S TELELETTER OF 19 JANUARY. I HAVE NOW HAD A
CHANCE TO SPEAK TO DAVID BROWN, THE DEPUTY US CONSUL-GENERAL.
2. BROWN SAID THAT THERE WERE TWO SECTIONS OF THE EMBASSY WHICH
MIGHT WELL BE AFFECTED BY 1997: THE MILITARY SECTION WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE PRINCIPALLY FOR SHIPS' VISITS, AND THE FOREIGN BROADCASTING INFORMATION SERVICE (FBIS) WHICH MONITORS THE CHINESE PRESS, RADIO AND TV. HE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE CONSULATE-GENERAL TO BE UNAFFECTED (EVEN WITHOUT THE MILITARY AND FBIS SECTIONS, THE CONSULATE-GENERAL WOULD REMAIN BIGGER THAN THE EMBASSY IN PEKING). HE DID NOT EXPECT POLITICAL REPORTING DONE BY
THE CONSULATE TO BE MOVED TO PEKING.
3. PRESENT DURING MY CONVERSATION WERE THE COMMISSIONERS FOR
CANADA AND NEW ZEALAND AND THE AUSTRALIAN CONSUL-GENERAL. NONE OF
THEM EXPECTED ANY CHANGE TO THEIR CONSULATES AFTER 1997. OTHER
THAN PROBABLE GROWTH. THE AUSTRALIAN HEAD OF TRADE PROMOTION FOR
THE WHOLE OF CHINA CAND TAIWAN) IS ALREADY BASED IN HONG KONG.
THE OTHERS WONDERED IF SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT MIGHT NOT BECOME A
GROWING TREND.
SIGNED: W G EHRMAN
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
PAGE
1
CONFIDENTIAL