TNAG-0365-FCO40-411-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-international-organisations-1973 — Page 20

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FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU AT REQUEST OF DEPT WAS RECEIVED FROM UKMIS NEWYORK

TO PRIORITY FCO TELIO 969 OF 11 SEPTEMBER INFO GOVERNOR HONG KONG. 1. UDP HAVE TOLD US OF AN INFORMAL COMPLAINT BY THE CHINESE AT THE DESIGNATION OF HONG KONG AS QUOTE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG UQUOTE !! DP/16/ADD27. THE CHINESE HAVE INDICATED THAT USE OF THE TER QUOTE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG UNQUOTE 1 FUTURE UN DOCUMENTS WOULD LEAD TO AN OFFICIAL COMPLAINT. THEY HAVE SUGGESTED THAT, AS A WAY OF GETTING ROUND THE DIFFICULTY, THE UNDP SHOULD IN FUTURE LIST HONG KONG UNDER THE CATEGORY QUOTE COUNTRY OR REGION UNQUOTE INSTEAD OF QUOTE GOVERNMENT UNQUOTE. UNDP HAVE NO OBJECTION AND HAVE ASKED US WHETHER THIS WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE. THUS IN FUTURE PROJECTS APPLYING TO HONG KONG ALONE WOULD BE DESCRIBED THUS:

COUNTRY AND INTERCOUNTRY

PROGRAMING AND PROJECTS

REPORTS BY THE ADMINISTRATOR C! PROJECTS APPROVED COUNTRY OR PEGION

HONG KONG

IN CASES INVOLVING REGIONAL PROJECTS THE DESIGNATION APPLYING TO ALL PARTICIPANTS WOULD BE QUOTE COUNTRY OR REGION UNQUOTE RATHER THAN QUOTE GOVERNMENT UNQUOTE AS HITHERTO.

2. AS THE CHANGE WOULD AFFECT A NUMBER OF UNDP DOCUMENTS IN PRESS UNDP WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR A REACTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE CAN SEE NO DIFFICULTY IN THE PROPOSED CHANGE.

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