CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM COPENHAGEN
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 0101
OF 22101OZ APRIL 86
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP BRUSSELS, UKMIS GENEVA
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, PEKING
INFO ROUTINE OTHER E C POSTS
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YOUR TELNOS 169–171 TO CANBERRA : HONG KONG AND GATT.
1.
AFTER AN INFORMAL APPROACH BY SECOND SECRETARY TO HEAD OF FIRST
ECONOMIC POLICY DEPARTMENT AT MFA, WENT IN TO SPEAK TO OTTO MOELLER, PUS EQUIVALENT, ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, LEAVING A SPEAKING
NOTE BASED ON PARAS 1-7 OF TELNO 170.
2. THE DANES WERE FULLY AWARE OF THE BACKGROUND AND 1# SYMPATHY
WITH OUR POSITION, FOLLOWING THE BRIEFING PRIME MINISTER SCHLUETER
RECEIVED DURING HIS RECENT VISIT TO HONG KONG. ASKED ABOUT A
POSSIBLE DANISH STATEMENT OF SUPPORT, MOELLER'S ANSWER WAS
NON-COMMITTAL: THE DANES APPARENTLY FEEL THAT A COMMUNITY DECLARATION
WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE.
3. WE HAVE BRIEFED THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR, WHO IS TO CALL ON
MOELLER TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
MELLON
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
DEP HD/PUSD
HD/PUSD
RD (MR WALKER)
COPIES TO:- MR ROBERTS MR FIFOOT
MR WOOD
MR PEIRCE
MR MALLABY
NEWS DEPT
LEGAL ADVISERS LEGAL ADVISERS
ASSESSMENTS STAFF CABINET OFFICI
CABINET OFFICE
MR DRC CHRISTOPHER CABINET OFFICE SIR P CRADOCK NO 10 DOWNING STREET
PS
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING
SIR J FREELAND
MR WILSON
MR CROWLEY
PUSD
CONFIDENTIAL
HKK 122/!.
RECSIVED A EGISTRY
NULA
23 APR 1986
PA
18 23/14
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