TNAG-1492-FCO40-2050-Future-of-Hong-Kong-General-Agreement-on-Tariffs-and-Trade-(-1986 — Page 172

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DD 22010UZ PEKIN

FM FCOLN TO HOKON

21180UZ APR

GRS 375

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FM FCO

TO DESKBY 2201002 HONG KONG

TELNO 718

OF 211800Z APRIL 86

INFO DESKBY 220100Z PEKING

INFO DESKBY 2208002 UKMIS GENEVA

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YOUR TELNOS 1147 AND 1157, UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 189 AND PEKING

TELNOS 591 AND 596. HONG KONG AND GATT

1.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE FURTHER EXPLANATION OF YOUR

THOUGHTS ON THE STATUS OF THE GENEVA OFFICE IN FIRST TUR. IT MAY

BE POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE AN ARRANGEMENT WHICH MEETS YOUR

OBJECTIVES, BUT WE WOULD LIKE FURTHER TIME TO CONSIDER THE

MODALITIES. WE DO NOT WANT TO RUSH INTO SOMETHING WHICH WE ARE

LATER FORCED TO UNPICK, FOR WHATEVER REASON.

SEPARATELY ON THE SUBSTANCE OF THE ISSUE.

PEKING TELNO 593, FOR WHICH WE ARE GRATEFUL.

ACCOUNT OF THE THOUGHTS IN IT.)

2.

WE WILL TELEGRAPH

(WE HAVE JUST SEEN

WE WILL TAKE

IN THE MEANTIME, WE DO NOT SEE WHY A DECISION ON THE NAME

OF YOUR GATT OFFICE SHOULD HOLD UP THE INTENDED DECLARATIONS. WE

SEE NO PROBLEM ARISING FROM THERE BEING A GAP BETWEEN THE

DECLARATIONS AND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE'S LETTER OF CREDENTIALS

BEING DELIVERED TO THE GATT. WE SHOULD, THEREFORE, LIKE TO PRESS

AHEAD WITH THE DECLARATIONS ON 23 APRIL WHILE PURSUING THE OTHER

ISSUES IN SLIGHTLY SLOWER TIME. IN VIEW OF FIRST PEKING TUR,

UKMIS SHOULD NOW MAKE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THEIR CHINESE COLLEAGUES

A

#KK 122/1

23 APR 1986

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JAS 23/4

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