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FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU AT REQUEST OF HKD WAS

RECEIVED FROM MONTEVIDEO TELEGRAM NUMBER 93 OF 15 APRIL:

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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, PEKING

MY TELNO 88. HONG KONG AND GATT: BRIEFING OF CONTRACTING PARTIES

1. BECAUSE OF HEAVY COMMITMENTS LATER THIS WEEK OF THE RESPONSIBLE

MFA OFFICIALS, HEAD OF CHANCERY ACTED YESTERDAY ON INSTRUCTIONS IN

YOUR TELNO 169 TO CANBERRA. HE CALLED ON CENDOYA, HEAD OF

ASIA/AFRICA DEPARTMENT, AND EHLERS, ASSISTANT TO DIRECTOR GENERAL

FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS, AND LEFT A SPEAKING NOTE BASED ON PARAS

1-7 OF YOUR TELNO 170 TO CANBERRA.

2. CENDOYA, WHO WAS JUST RETURNED FROM A LENGTHY TOUR AS CONSUL

GENERAL IN HONG KONG, IS FAMILIAR WITH BOTH GATT AND ITS IMPORTANCE

TO THE COLONY. HE READILY ACKNOWLEDGE THE POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE

OF RETAINING CONFIDENCE IN ITS FUTURE AND UNDERTOOK TO REPORT

OUR APPROACH TO FOREIGN MINISTER IGLESIAS. HE OFFERED NO COMMENT

OF SUBSTANCE ON URUGUAY'S ATTITUDE TO THE PROPOSED DECLARATION BUT

ANTICIPATED THAT WE WOULD ENCOUNTER OBJECTIONS FROM CERTAIN

CONTRACTING PARTIES, WHOM HE DECLINED TO IDENTIFY.

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