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PRIORITY TOKYO
TELEGRAM NO 752
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
13 OCTOBER 1970
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ADDRESSED TO F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 752 OF 13 OCTOBER REPEATED FOR
INFORMATION TO GOVERNOR HONG KONG.
YOUR TELEGRAM NO. 706: MR. ROYLE'S REPRESENTATIONS ON HONG KONG.
IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY REPLY FROM THE JAPANESE TO YOUR MESSAGE
ABOUT THE DANGERS OF EXCLUDING HONG KONG FROM THE UNCTAD GENERALISED PREFERENCES MR. ROYLE RAISED THIS WITH THE PARLIAMENTARY VICE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON 8 OCTOBER. HE EMPHASISED IN PARTICULAR THE POLITICAL REPERCUSSIONS FOR ALL COUNTRIES IN THE AREA IF HONG KONG SUFFERED A TRADE RECESSION AS A RESULT OF EXCLUSION AND THIS IN TURN LED TO POLITICAL TROUBLE IN THE COLONY. MR. TAKEUCHI WAS EVIDENTLY IN NO POSITION TO GIVE A SUBSTANTIVE REPLY. HE MERELY SAID THAT THE JAPANESE MINISTRIES
CONCERNED WERE DIVIDED IN THEIR ATTITUDE AND A FINAL DECISION
HAD NOT YET BEEN REACHED. HE WOULD ENSURE, HOWEVER, THAT THEY
WERE INFORMED OF MR. ROYLE'S REPRESENTATIONS.
2. MR. ROYLE ALSO RAISED THE QUESTION OF A VISA ABOLITION AGREEMENT
BETWEEN JAPAN AND HONG KONG. MR. TAKEUCHI GAVE THE SAME ANSWER:
THE JAPANESE AUTHORITIES CONCERNED WERE DIVIDED OVER THIS
ISSUE AND IN PARTICULAR WERE ANXIOUS ABOUT UNDESIRABLES GETTING
INTO JAPAN FROM HONG KONG IF VISAS WERE ABOLISHED. BUT A
DECISION HAD NOT YET BEEN TAKEN AND HE WOULD SEE TO IT THAT
THOSE CONCERNED WERE INFORMED OF MR. ROYLE'S REPRESENTATIONS
ON THIS TOO.
F C O PASS.
MR. ASHE
[REPEATED AS REQUESTED]
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