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FM UKMIS GENEVA
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 124
OF 14175OZ MARCH 1986
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON
INFO IMMEDIATE CANBERRA
INFO IMMEDIATE OTTAWA
INFO IMMEDIATE TOKYO
INFO IMMEDIATE WELLINGTON
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
17 MAR 1986
DESK OFFICER
INDE,
REGISTRY
PA
Action Take.
YOUR TELNOS 84 TO ATHENS AND 209 TO TOKYO
HONG KONG AND THE GATT
SUMMARY
1. ACTION TAKEN WITH LOCAL GATT MISSIONS OF ALL COUNTRIES LISTED AND
WITH THE COMMISSION.
DETAIL
2. THE COMMISSION (TRAN) GAVE VERY WARM SUPPORT AND OFFERED HIS HELP IN THE FORTHCOMING LOBBYING EXERCISE. THERE WAS NO SUBSTANTIAL
COMMENT DURING A SUBSEQUENT COORDINATION WHICH WE USED AS A VEHICLE FOR INFORMING MEMBER STATES. DENMARK FLAGGED THE FACT THAT THEIR
PRIME MINISTER IS VISITING HONG KONG IN 2 WEEKS' TIME.
3. ALL OTHERS TO WHOM WE SPOKE RESPONDED POSITIVELY TO THE NEWS, ALTHOUGH REACTIONS SEEMED TO BE BASED ON PERSONAL OPINIONS RATHER THAN PREPARED POSITIONS. THE US (LAVOREL) COULD NOT ENVISAGE ANY
PROBLEMS. JAPAN (IKEDA) ALSO EXPRESSED SUPPORT AND TOOK INTEREST IN THE ARTICLE XXVI/5)(C) GATT ROUTE. CANADA (WRIGHT) AND NEW ZEALAND (GROSER) OFFERED THEIR CLEAR SUPPORT. AUSTRALIA (ROBERTSON) ASKED THE MOST QUESTIONS, INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF CHINA HAVING TWO VOICES IN THE GATT, BUT SEEMED GENERALLY POSITIVE.
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