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CONRDENTIAL

GRS 143

CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO

TO DESKBY 230800Z UKMIS GENEVA

TELNO 155

OF 221755Z APRIL 86

INFO DESKBY 230100Z PEKING, HONG KONG

YOUR TELNO 199: HONG KONG AND GATT: PRESS RELEASE

1.

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS WITH THE GATT

SECRETARIAT. IT WOULD HELP GREATLY IF THEY COULD AGREE TO HOLD

OVER THEIR PRESS RELEASE TO 25 APRIL. GRATEFUL THEREFORE THAT

YOU SPEAK TO THEM AS NECESSARY. IN DOING SO, PLEASE ADD THAT WE

ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE COOPERATIVE APPROACH THEY HAVE

ADOPTED THROUGHOUT THIS EPISODE AND OVER ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE

MAKING OF THE DECLARATIONS.

2.

FOR PEKING AND HONG KONG. WE THINK THIS IS THE BEST

ARRANGEMENT WE CAN NOW ACHIEVE AND VERY MUCH HOPE THAT YOU AGREE.

UNLESS WE HEAR FROM YOU BY 23083OZ WE WILL ASSUME YOU ARE CONTENT

AND THE WAY WILL BE CLEAR FOR UKMIS TO ACT AS INSTRUCTED IN PARA

1 ABOVE.

HOWE

REC

HKK 122/1

2 5 APR 1986

AB 20

**UT!

HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED

LIMITED

HD/HKD

HD/FED

RESEARCH D (FE)

COPIES TO:

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS

DEP/HD PUSD

PS/MR RENTON MR WILSON

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