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DD 06070OZ HONG KONG

FROM PEKING 060610Z MAY 25

TO IMMEDIATE FOO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 674 OF 6/6/35

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

c.c.

MIPT:

HONG KONG AGREEMENT:

JOINT LIAISON GROUP,

RATIFICATION, AND REGISTRATION AT THE UN

1. I SPOKE TO ZHOU ON THESE SUBJECTS ALONG THE LINES

OF PARAGRAPHS 10 TO 16 OF YOUR TEL NO 670, ADDING

THAT WE HAD NO CEJECTION TO THE PRESENCE OF THE PRESS

AT THE RATIFICATION CEREMONY (YOUR TEL NO 000).

2. IN RESPONSE ZHOU MADE THE FOLLOWING POINTS:

(A) TIMING OF THE FIRST MEETING. HE WAS PLEASED THAT

THERE WERE NO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES.

THE CHINESE SIDE HOPED THAT WE COULD LET THEY HAVE

THE DETAILED PAPER ON THE GATT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

(3) ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MEMBERSIP OF JOINT LIAISON CROUP. IT WAC NOT APPROPRIATE TO DISCUSS AN ANNOUNCEMENT OR ITS TIMING DECAUSE THE QUESTION OF MEMBERSHIP STILL HAD NOT BEEN SOLVED. IT REMAINED THE CHINESE VIEW THAT, FROM A LEGAL VIEWPOINT,

IT WOULD DE RIGHT TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT MARE AT THE SAME TIME

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AS, OR AFTER THE ENTRY TO FORCE OF, THE JOINT DECLARATION.

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