TNAG-1122-FCO40-1397-Dependent-Territories-and-the-Universal-Postal-Union-(UPU)-1982 — Page 9

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FM FCO 161100Z NOV 82

TO PRIORITY PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 548 OF 16 NOVEMBER.

INFO SAVING HONG KONG.

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ATTENDANCE BY HONG KONG

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1. FCO TELNOS 269 AND 709 TO HONG KONG AND 101 TO BRUNEI, HONG KONG TELNOS 870,920, AND 1008 TO FCO: AND WELLINGTON TELNOS 263351 WERE COPIED TO YOU.

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2 GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ASSESSMENT OF CHINESE ATTITUDE TO HONG KONG'S ATTENDANCE (AS MEMBER OF BOTAS OR OTHERWISE) AT FUTURE COUNCIL AND CONGRESS MEETINGS, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF 1975 PRECEDENT, AND PEKING'S ABSENCE FROM OCTOBER COUNCIL MEETING. IS CONTINUED CHINESE OBJECTION LIKELY, AND IF SO, IS IT ON PROCEDURAL OR SUBSTANTIVE GROUNDS? CAN YOU SUGGEST ANY ACCEPTABLE FORMULA FOR HONG KONG (AND OTHER DEPENDENCIES) TO GAIN OBSERVER STATUS?

3. UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION PREAMBLE SUPPORTS 'NOBLE AIMS OF INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN THE CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FIELDS 'THROUGH THE EFFICIENT OPERATION OF THE POSTAL SERVICES'. APPU DOCUMENT NOT AVAILABLE HERE, BUT PROBABLY SIMILAR. OBSERVER STATUS FOR A MAJOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS USER IN THE AREA SUCH AS HONG KONG WOULD APPEAR TO ACCORD WITH THESE AIMS.

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