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FROM PEKING 150012Z MAY 85
TO FRIORITY FCO
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 722 OF 15/5/85
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
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HONG KONG AND THE GATT
1. THE CHIEF SECRETARY DESIGNATE GAVE A DINNER
LAST NIGHT FOR HIS CHINESE HOSTS, AT WHICH LU PING AND
KE ZAISHUO WERE PRESENT. AKERS-JONES MENTIONED THAT
WHILE IN GENEVA HE HAD MET THE AMBASSADOR OF THE
CHINESE MISSION THERE. LU REPLIED THAT, WHERE HONG KONG WAS CONCERNED, THE GATT SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. THERE FOLLOWED SOME FURTHER CONVERSATION AFTER WHICH LU REPEATED THAT THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY DIFFICULTY ABOUT HONG KONG AND THE GATT.
2. AKERS-JONES SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THERE WAS A RELATIVELY
SIMPLE PROCEDURE WHICH COULD BE FOLLOWED IN DEALING WITH
THE QUESTION. HE ADDED THAT HE THOUGHT THAT THE HONG KONG
DELEGATION IN GENEVA WAS WELL REGARDED BY GATT OFFICIALS AND
THAT MEMBERSHIP OF THE GATT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT BOOST TO HONG KONG, BOTH INTERNALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
EVANS
LIMITED
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FED
ERD
UND
MR WILSON
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