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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA

UKMIS GENEVA TELNO 180: HONG KONG AND GATT: BRIEFING OF

CONTRACTING PARTIES

1.

ALTHOUGH OUR LATEST NEWS OF AMERICAN THINKING IN

WASHINGTON (TELECON RICKETTS/HUM) IS TO THE OPPOSITE EFFECT

THAT THE STATE DEPARTMENT ARE TAKING A SYMPATHETIC VIEW AND

SUCCEEDING IN WINNING ROUND USTR - WE ARE VERY CONCERNED INDEED

THAT THERE SHOULD STILL BE SERIOUS TALK OF THE US ENTERING A

RESERVATION IN THE GATT. YOU ARE BETTER PLACED THAN WE TO JUDGE

WHETHER A FURTHER INTERVENTION IN WASHINGTON IS NECESSARY IN THE

LIGHT OF TUR, BUT SUBJECT TO THAT, GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD SPEAK

AGAIN TO STATE AT A SUITABLY HIGH LEVEL AND SAY:

(A)

(B)

WE ARE ENGAGED IN A LONG AND DIFFICULT TASK IN

IMPLEMENTING THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION ON HONG

KONG. WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN RESPONSIBILITY FOR

ADMINISTERING HONG KONG EFFECTIVELY, AND MAINTAINING ITS

STABILITY AND PROSPERITY, UNTIL 1997, AND FOR HANDING IT OVER IN GOOD ORDER. WE LOOK TO OUR FRIENDS, WHO WELCOMED

THE AGREEMENT, FOR SUPPORT IN THIS.

THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR AFFECTING CONFIDENCE IN

HONG KONG'S FUTURE IS THAT EFFECTIVE ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD

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