TNAG-1492-FCO40-2050-Future-of-Hong-Kong-General-Agreement-on-Tariffs-and-Trade-(-1986 — Page 201

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CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENT MAL

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 1157

OF 19043OZ APRIL 86

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA

TOP COL

UKMIS GENEVA PLEASE PASS A COPY TO CARTLAND

YOUR TELNO 321 AND UKMIS TELNO 186 AND 189: HONG KONG AND GATT

DATE OF DECLARATIONS

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THE ONLY REASON ON OUR SIDE FOR DELAYING DECLARATIONS UNTIL 30 APRIL WOULD BE IF THE TITLE OF OUR DELEGATION PROPOSED IN OUR TELNO 1147 CAUSED PROBLEMS. LINDEN OF GATT HAS ADVISED THAT THE LETTER OF CREDENTIALS WHICH WE SEND TO DUNKEL TO NOTIFY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OUR DELEGATION AND NOMINATE OUR PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE HAS TO SPECIFY THE TITLE OF OUR DELEGATION AND WE ARE NERVIOUS OF USING AN INTERIM TITLE WHICH IT MAY NOT BE FEASIBLE TO CHANGE LATER.

PUBLICITY

2. WE ACCEPT THAT PRESS STATEMENT SHOULD ISSUE IN HONG KONG ON 25 APRIL IF DECLARATIONS MADE ON 23 APRIL AND ON 2 MAY IF MADE ON 30 APRIL.

3. NO OBJECTION TO AMENDMENT TO TEXT OF PRESS RELEASE IN PARA. 5 OF YOUR TUR.

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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

(REPEATED AS REQUESTED)

CONFIDENTIAL

HRK122/1 RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

112211 STRY

2 1 APR 1986

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