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FM WELLINGTON 1900157 AUG 32

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 263 OF 19 AUGUST

INFO BANGKOK, BRUNEI, HONG KONG (POLITICAL ADVISER), PEKING, TOKYO AND SEOUL

YOUR TELNO 269: APPU EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING, OCTOBER 1992.

1. NZ MFA TELL US THAT CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS LODGED FORMAL OBJECTION TO PARTICIPATION OF HONG KONG (AND MACAO) ON BASIS PROPOSED. IN APPU CENTRAL OFFICE CIRCULAR NO 26 THEY ARE QUOTED AS SAYING THAT THEY WOULD, HOWEVER, HAVE NO OBJECTION TO ATTENDANCE OF HK PO AS AN OBSERVER OF HONG KONG AREA''. NZPO HAS COMMENTED FORMALLY THAT UNDER APPU'S RULES OF PROCEDURE THIS SOLUTION IS NOT ACCEPTABLE AS HONG KONG CAN ONLY ATTEND AS OBSERVER UNDER AUSPICES OF MEMBER OF UPU. THEY CONSIDER BRITISH ENSEMBLE SHOULD SEEK OBSERVER STATUS AND THEN APPOINT HONG KONG AND BRUNEI'S REPRESENT- ATIVES AS PART OR ALL OF TEAM. NZPO BELIEVE SUFFICIENT VOTES HAVE ALREADY BEEN OBTAINED TO ENSURE THIS PROCEDURE CAN BE ADOPTED.

2. YOUR PARA 5. MANAGER OF BRITISH ''ENSEMBLE** (MANTLE, DOI) SHOULD WRITE TO APPU CENTRAL OFFICE REQUESTING ACCREDITATION AS OBSERVER DELEGATION,

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