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Action Take
TO IMMEDIATE ATTC TAIPE
TELNO 12
OF 01152OZ FEBRUARY 93
Q DIST?
INFO IMMEDIATE BTC HONG KONG, HONG KONG, PEKING
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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MDHOAN 8208
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YOUR TELNOS 9 AND 15 AND HONG KONG TELNO 118: TAIPEI CULTURAL AND INFORMATION CENTRE AND VISIT TO TAIWAN OF THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF
TRADE
1.
WE AGREE THAT YOU SHOULD NOW URGE THE TAIWANESE TO ADOPT THE ENLARGEMENT/ NO CHANGE OF NAME ROUTE AND TO POSTPONE ANY ANNOUNCEMENT OF ENLARGEMENT UNTIL WELL AFTER THE LEGCO DEBATE IS
OVER. WE WOULD LEAVE IT
TO YOUR JUDGEMENT AS TO WHETHER TO SPEAK TO THE MAC DEPENDING
ON THE RESPONSE FROM HU OR HIS SUCCESSOR AND YOUR JUDGEMENT ON
THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION THEN PREVAILING.
IMAGINE THAT THE MAC IS LIKELY TO BE A PART OF THE TAIWANESE
GOVERNMENT MOST AFFECTED BY THE FALL OUT FROM THE ELECTION.
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