TNAG-1491-FCO40-2049-Future-of-Hong-Kong-General-Agreement-on-Tariffs-and-Trade-(-1986 — Page 179

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GRS 200

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FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 269

OF 2708OOZ JANUARY 86

INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS

INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA

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HK 040/2

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

- 3 FEB 1936

FICER

UKMIS GENEVA PASS COPY TO WO0.

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UKREP BRUSSELS TELNO 248 TO YOU.

HONG KONG AGREEMENT

: RESTRICTED: JLG HONG KONG AND GATT.

WE INFER FROM THE OPENING PARA. OF TUR THAT THERE IS NO RISK OF LEAKAGE, OR IF THERE IS LEAKAGE YOU ARE SATISFIED THAT THIS TYPE OF BRIEFING IS NOT DIPLOMATIC ACTIVITY AND DAMAGE WILL NOT BE DONE TO HONG KONG INTERESTS VIS-A-VES THE CHINESE.

2. WHILE WE DOUBT WHETHER THE CHINESE WILL APPRECIATE THIS FINE DISTINCTION, WE WOULD ACCEPT THAT IF LUYTEN HAS ALREADY BEEN INFORMED OF THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING FIXED FOR 29 JANUARY IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO DRAW BACK. IN THAT EVENT, WE WOULD URGE THAT COMMISSION PARTICIPATION AT THE BRIEFING SHOULD BE AS RESTRICTED AS POSSIBLE · IDEALLY LIMITED TO LUYTEN AND ABBOTT.

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3. OF COURSE, IF THE APPOINTMENT WITH LUYTEN IS FOR

GENERAL DISCUSSION, WE WOULD PREFER NO MEMENTION TO BE MADE OF THIS SUBJECT UNTIL AFTER THE NEXT JLG SCHEDULED FOR 11-14 MARCH.

YOUDE

HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED

LIMITED

COPIES TO:

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS

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MR WILSON

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