TNAG-1122-FCO40-1397-Dependent-Territories-and-the-Universal-Postal-Union-(UPU)-1982 — Page 36

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IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 709 OF 7 SEPTEMBER

INFO BRUNEI, BANGKOK, PEKING, SEOUL, TOKYO, WELLINGTON

YRTELNO 920: ASIAN PACIFIC POSTAL UNION (APPU) EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

MEETING OCTOBER 1982

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WE NOW PROPOSE ASKING DOI TO SEEK APPU AGREEMENT TO OBSERVER

STATUS FOR THE BRITISH ENSEMBLE OF OVERSEAS TERRITORIES. THE

DOI WOULD ADD OUT OF COURTESY THAT BRUNEI ALONE WOULD REPRESENT

THE ENSEMBLE AT SEOUL. THUS WE HOPE THAT CHINA WOULD BE UNABLE

TO RAISE FURTHER OBJECTIONS AND THE PRINCIPLE OF OBSERVER STATUS

FOR THE ENSEMBLE WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED, LEAVING THE WAY OPEN

FOR HONG KONG'S ATTENDANCE AT THE CONGRESS.

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WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER YOU CAN AGREE TO THIS.

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