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TELNO 944
OF 091033Z JUNE 93
INFO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON
apa 1221329/21 ар
INFO PRIORITY UKMIS NEW YORK, PEKING, SINGAPORE
142614 MDHIAN 4095
WASHINGTON TELNO 1271 AND FCO TELNO 566 : FORMER YUGOSLAVIA : SANCTIONS AND HONG KONG
1.
WE HAD ALSO BEEN KEEPING THE US CONSULATE-GENERAL HERE INFORMED ON THE MOVEMENTS OF THE AIRE F AND BRISA. THEY HAVE NOW TOLD US THAT, AS A RESULT OF US PRESSURE THE TAIWANESE AGREED TO IMPOUND THE AIRE F: BUT BY THE TIME THE DECISION WAS TAKEN, THE SHIP HAD LEFT KAOHSIUNG IN TAIWAN, HEADED APPARENTLY FOR INDONESIA. BY THEN, HOWEVER, THE BRISA HAD ARRIVED IN TAIWAN. THE TAIWANESE IMPOUNDED IT.
2. WE NOTE FROM PARA 4 OF SECOND TUR THAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO MAKE CORRECTIONS ON SOME ERRORS DETECTED IN THE ORDER. WE THINK THERE MIGHT BE TWO MORE: IT APPEARS TO US THE REFERENCE TO ''THE UNITED KINGDOM'' IN ARTICLES 3(4) AND 3(5) SHOULD READ ''THE
TERRITORY
GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER CORRECTIONS ON THESE WILL
ALSO BE MADE.
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