TNAG-0627-FCO40-775-Effect-of-GATT-Multi-Fibre-Arrangement-on-Hong-Kong-negotiat-1977 — Page 199

GRPS 770

EN CLAIR

FM. UKMIS GENEVA 241410Z

UNGLASSIFIED

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TO PRIORITY GOVERNOR, HONG KONG TELNO 11 OF 24 FEBRUARY

FO FCO HONG KONG GOVT, LONDON BRUSSELS (FOR BURGESS) WASHINGTON (FOR HERMANN)

FROM MILLS

RECEIVED IN

RE No. :

L'ST

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MFA SEMINAR IN HONG KONG

Rt.

3 MAR 17

+KK 121/616/1

1. I LUNCHED WITH MR SRINIVASACHAR (NO. 1 OF THE COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT (CS) IN GENEVA) TODAZ. IT SEEMS THAT HE WILL BE

THE CS ORGANISER OF THE SEMINAR WORKING FROM GENEVA AND LOOKS

UPON ME AS HIS POINT OF CONTACT WITH HK. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THIS (OTHER DUTIES PERMITTING) BUT WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU MAKE AN OFFICER IN HK RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SEMINAR SO THAT I AND MR SRINIVASACHAR CAN ESTADLISH CONTACT DIRECT. IF YOU AGREE, MAY I HAVE HIS/HER NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER ASAP PLEASE.

2. MR SRINIVASACHAR OUTLINED THE FOLLOWING PRELIMINARZ THOUGHTS WHICH I UNDERTOOK TO PASS ON TO YOU.

3. DATES: MONDAY 9 MAY 1977 FRIDAY 13 MAY OR SATURDAY A.M. 14 MAY 1977.

PARTICIPANTS:

4.

(A) (B

(B)

NUMBERS: BETWEEN 35-40 MAXIMUM

ORIGIN

COMMONWEALTH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, SIGNATORIES TO THE MFA (AT CS EXPENSE) TOGETHER WITH CS, (4 IN ALL), UNCTAD (1, PROBABLY ADBAS) AND GATT (1, SALIB?) OFFICIALS, PLUS REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER REGIONAL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (E.G. KOREA, PHILIPPINES, THAILAND, PAKISTAN) AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE. IT IS SUGGESTED THAT COUNTRY

REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD BE LIMITED TO TWO - ONE FROM GENEVA AND ONE FROM CAPITAL.

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