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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA, UKREP BRUSSELS, ATHENS INFO IMMEDIATE BRUSSELS, BONN, COPENHAGEN, DUBLIN, LUXEMBOURG INFO IMMEDIATE PARIS, ROME, THE HAGUE, MADRID, LISBON

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MY TELNO 553 AND YOUR TELNO 305 (NOT TO ALL): HONG KONG AND THE

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1. THE CHINESE AGREE TO BRIEF IN EC CAPITALS AND TO OUR PREFERRED TIMING OF MODALITIES FOR AN APPROACH TO THE GATT DG.

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2. WANG JIAJI TELEPHONED BLUNT THIS MORNING TO RESPOND TO OUR APPROACH YESTERDAY (MY TUR). WANG SAID THAT THE CHINESE COULD AGREE TO OUR REQUEST THAT PARALLEL ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN IN EC CAPITALS AS WELL AS WITH THE EC COMMISSION. INSTRUCTIONS TO THAT EFFECT HAD ALREADY ISSUED TO CHINESE AMBASSADORS IN EC CAPITALS WHO SHOULD THEREFORE SHORTLY BE APPROACHING THEIR BRITISH COLLEAGUES. BLUNT WELCOMED THIS NEWS. WANG CONTINUED THAT THE CHINESE WERE CONTENT WITH OUR SUGGESTIONS FOR THE WAY IN WHICH THE GATT DG SHOULD BE APPROACHED (PARAGRAPOH 4 OF YOUR TELNO 300) AND THAT THIS APPROACH SHOULD BE MADE ON EITHER 23 OR 24 APRIL. HE CONFIRMED THE POINT IMPLICIT IN OUR SUGGESTION THAT OUR APPROACH BE MADE FIRST TO BE FOLLOWED BY THAT OF THE CHINESE REPRESENTATIVE AT GENEVA. WANG SUGGESTED THAT THE CHINESE AND BRITISH REPRESENTATIVES IN GENEVA SHOULD BE GIVEN DISCRETION TO TAKE COORDINATED ACTION ON WHICHEVER OF THE TWO DAYS WAS MOST SUITABLE IN THE LIGHT OF LOCAL

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