TNAG-0741-FCO40-945-Relations-between-China-and-Hong-Kong-1978 — Page 74

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TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO 151 OF 7 MARCH

INFO PEKING HONG KONG

ITU CONFERENCE: HONG KONG -

PEKING TELNO 97 OF 27 FEBRUARY

1. FOLLOWING A LITTLE GENTLE PERSUASION BY THE SECRETARIAT, (WHO IN TURN HAD BEEN LOBBIED BY THIS MISSION) THE CHINESE BACKED DOWN AND RAISED NO OBJECTION TO HONG KONG REMAINING AS IT WAS WITH NO BRACKETED ALTERNATIVES. THE SECRETARIAT, FEARING SIMILAR DEMANDS FROM ARAB-SPEAKING AND OTHER COUNTRIES, ALSO PERSUADED THE CHINESE NOT TO INSIST ON THE NEW FORMS WITH BRACKETED OLD NAMES FOR THEIR OWN CITIES. THE SECRETARIAT ALSO MANAGED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT MACAO WAS SERVED BY AN INTERNATIONAL HELICOPTER SERVICE AND PERSUADED THE CHINESE NOT TO INSIST ON ITS DELETION.

2. THUS THE MAPS REMAINED IN PRECISELY THEIR CLD FORM. THE CHINESE HAD REQUESTED THAT THEIR LETTER TO THE SECRETARIAT SHOULD NOT BE PUBLISHED, NOR WAS IT MENTIONED IN PUBLIC DISCUSSION. HENCE THERE WAS NO NEED FOR US TO ISSUE ANY FORMAL REPLY.

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