TNAG-1022-FCO40-1272-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-the-United-Nations-1981 — Page 19

WCFC 015/29

PP MCNG KONG

UNG 250

CONFIDENTIAL

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MARKVED IN REGISTRY NO.

29 OCT1981

DISK OFFIC ́A INGER

Mr. Wileumon

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NO DISTRIBUTION

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This TELEGRAM standard pureed me(y, v)WAS NOT

FM MEXICO CITY 281940Z OCT 8f auch Chinese

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

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ADVANCED

apprracher. Should we write to PX sygarding that all Heads of HRC, delegation should be TELEGRAM HUMBER 13 OF 28 OCTOBER suitably briegni

Depute, Diretor of Trade.

Inilu amen

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WE HAVE BEEN ASKED BY PURVES, ATTENDING THE INTERNATIONAL LABORATORY ACCREDITATION CONFERENCE IN MEXICO, TO PASS THE FOLLOWING TO YOU.

ILAC/S1

1. THE CHINESE DELEGATION HAVE ADVISED ILAC CHAIRMAN PRIVATELY, TH A HANDWRITTEN STATEMENT THAT CHINA WOULD BE MOST UPSET IF HONG KONG WERE TO BE CONSIDERED A COUNTRY FOR ILAC PURPOSES. 3. I HAVE THEREFORE ADVISED CHAIRMAN, ORALLY, OF RATIONALE BEHIND THE CHINESE STATEMENT, HAVE EXPLAINED THE CURRENT STATE OF UK-HK/STNO POLITICAL AND OTHER RELATIONSHIPS AND HAVE ASKED HIM NOT TO READ DEEPER MOTIVES INTO WHAT THE CHINESE HAVE SAID, ADDING IN AMPLIFICATION THAT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND HONG KONG ILAC DELEGATIONS ARE EXCELLENT IN EVERY POSSIBLE WAY. I THEN VOLUNTEERED TO HELP ILAC SECRETARIAT WITH ANY DRAFT- ING PROBLEMS THEY MIGHT EVENTUALLY HAVE IN TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THE CHINESE DELEGATION'S VIEWS, E.G. BY ENSURING THAT HONG KONG IS ALWAYS DESCRIBED AS A TERRITORY RATHER THAN COUNTRY. 3. AS FAR AS I CAN ASCERTAIN, THE CHAIRMAN HAS NOT CONSULTED ANY OF THE MAJOR PARTICIPANTS AS TO HOW HE SHOULD HANDLE THE CHINESE DELEGATION'S STATEMENT. WHETHER HE WILL DO SO FOLLOWING MY INTERVENTION IS DIFFICULT TO SAY.

4. 1 THINK THE CHINESE STATEMENT WAS ROUTINE IN NATURE BUT IT COULD, OF COURCE, HAVE AWKWARD CONSEQUENCES FOR US. I AN CONSCIOUS OF THESE RAMIFICATIONS, HOWEVER AND WILL DO ALL THAT I CAN TO KEEP THE ISSUE IN AS LOW A KEY AS POSSIBLE.

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