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YOUR TELNOS 556 AND 566, HONG KONG TELNOS 1120-1 AND UKMIS TELNO

179: HONG KONG AND GATT

1.

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE CHINESE FOR AGREEING TO BRIEF EC

GOVERNMENTS IN CAPITALS. PLEASE CONFIRM THAT WE ARE CONTENT FOR

UK AND CHINESE REPRESENTATIVES IN GENEVA TO COORDINATE THE

SPECIFIC TIME OF THEIR APPROACH TO THE GATT DG ON 23 APRIL.

SUBJECT TO THE SATISFACTORY RESOLUTION OF A QUESTION-MARK OVER

THE AMERICAN ATTITUDE (ON WHICH WE ARE TELEGRAPHING SEPARATELY),

UKMIS SHOULD NOW PUT ARRANGEMENTS FOR THIS IN HAND, ALONG THE

LINES OF PARA 4 OF OUR TELNO 300. (163)

PUBLICITY

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IN VIEW OF THE ARRANGEMENTS UKMIS HAVE NOW AGREED WITH

THE GATT SECRETARIAT FOR CIRCULATING THE DECLARATIONS (PARA 2 OF

UKMIS TUR), IT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE TO ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE THE

DAY AFTER THE DECLARATIONS ARE MADE INCORPORATING VERBATIM THE

TEXTS OF THE DECLARATIONS. WE WOULD BE CONTENT FOR HONG KONG TO

ISSUE SUCH A RELEASE, INCORPORATING AS WELL THE POINTS IN

PARAGRAPHS 4 AND 5 OF SECOND HONG KONG TUR. WE WOULD ALSO BE

CONTENT FOR A STATEMENT TO BE MADE SUBSEQUENTLY IN LEGCO ALONG

THE LINES OF THE FULL TEXT IN SECOND HONG KONG TUR, WITH THE

HRK 102/!

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