TNAG-0466-FCO40-531-Hong-Kong-s-interests-in-EEC-capitals-1974 — Page 76

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STAFF-1-CONFIDENCE

TO ROUTINE BRUSSELS TELNO 91 OF 20/6 AND TO UKREP BRUSSELS (PERSONAL FOR SIR M PALLISER).

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HK Tel 314

of 27 June

HONG KONG REPRESENTATION IN THE EEC:

1. WE HAVE AGREED WITH THE GOVERNOR THAT HONG KONG REPRESENTATION SHOULD REMAI! IN THE EMBASSY AS AT PRESENT.

2. SIR MURRAY MACLEMOSE IS GRATEFUL FOR YOUR AGREEMENT TO THE UPGRADING OF THE HONG KONG OFFICE. HIS INTENTION IS THAT THE MINISTER SHOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL POST TO THAT OCCUPIED BY DODGE, (WHO STILL DOES NOT KNOW OF THESE PROPOSALS).

3. AS REGARDS THE QUESTION OF PRECEDENCE WE HAVE CONSIDERED THIS SYMPATHETICALLY BUT COULT NOT AGREE TO DESIGNAT YOUR COUNSELLOR AS ''MINISTER''. AS YOU HAVE POINTED OUT THERE ARE PRECEDENTS BUT THESE ARE HISTORICAL AND WE WISH TO DECREASE THEIR NUNDER. WE THINK, AND HOPE YOU CAN AGREE, THAT THE PROBLE" CAN BE CIRCUMVENTED BY LISTING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE SEPARATELY AND LETTING IT BE KNOWN THAT THE TWO HONG KONG OFFICERS ACT PURELY IN THE RESPECT OF HONG KONG. WE WOULD NOT THINK THAT THIS WOULD CREATE DIFFICULTIES.

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