aware of Chinese sensitivity on the question of the status
necessarily
of Hong Kong but feel that this should not reasonably close the door on the attendance of that Postal Adminsitration
* at appropriate
at appropriate international meetings.
consideration given to this matter In view of the sympathetic feeling at your Executive
Council's last meeting therefore I should be glad if you could find a way around the rules governing membership of the Union to give the Hong Kong Postal Administration accreditation as an observer delegation to meetings of the
Asian-Pacific Postal Union. We feel that this should primarily meet Chinese and also Japanese and Thai concerns
over Hong Kong's admission.
I should be grateful if you would consider this in consultation as necessary with members of the Executive Council, and let me know if it would be acceptable for a representative of the Hong Kong Postal Administration to
attend the Port Moresby meeting in September in anticipation of a formal decision on its admission by the
next Executive Council.
SYBIL J SMITH
c.c.
E Jenkinson Esq FCO, SEAD
FCO, ESSD
FCO, FED
R P Margolis Esq Deputy
R N Peirce Esq
Political Adviser, Hong Kong
H M Embassy, New
Zealand
British High Commission, Wellington
Mr Lawley
HM Embassy
H M Embassy
New Zealand
New Zealand MFA
Tokyo
Bangkok
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