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181810Z APR
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31030
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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELNO 321
OF 181810Z APRIL 86
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA
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UKMIS TELNO 186 AND HONG KONG TELNOS 1145/6 AND 1153: HONG KONG
AND GATT
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DATE OF DECLARATIONS
1.
ALTHOUGH WE DO NOT FEEL STRONGLY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER,
OUR MARGINAL PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO MAKE THE DECLARATIONS AS
SCHEDULED ON 23 APRIL TO DUNKEL'S DEPUTY. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD
SEE WHETHER THE CHINESE WILL AGREE TO THIS. YOU COULD POINT OUT
THAT THE DECLARATIONS WILL HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME LEGAL STANDING AND.
THAT DUNKEL HIMSELF APPARENTLY WOULD NOT MIND. IF THE CHINESE ARE
IMPLACABLY OPPOSED TO THIS, WE WILL BE CONTENT TO MAKE THE
DECLARATIONS ON THE AFTERNOON OF 30 APRIL. (WE SEE NOTHING TO
HOLD UP THE DECLARATIONS NOW THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT THE
AMERICANS ARE ADOPTING A SATISFACTORY POSITION. SEE WASHINGTON
TELNO 997, COPIED TO ALL.)
PUBLICITY
2.
WE AGREE WITH UKMIS (PARA 5 OF THEIR TUR) THAT THE BEST
ARRANGEMENT WOULD BE TO RELEASE THE PRESS STATEMENT 2 DAYS AFTER
THE DECLARATIONS ARE MADE. WE HOPE, THEREFORE, THAT HONG KONG
CAN AGREE AND WILL PLAN TO RELEASE THE STATEMENT ON 25 APRIL,
ASSUMING THE DECLARATIONS ARE MADE ON 23 APRIL.
HKK!22/1
REU!
·EGISTRY
22 APR 1986
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