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GRS 120

CONFIDENTIAL.

CONFIDENTIAL

FM UKMIS GENEVA

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 130

OF 16155OZ APRIL 1996

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, PEKING, WASHINGTON

GATT AND HONG KONG : BRIEFING OF CONTRACTING PARTIES

1.

ALTHOUGH SAMUELS RAISED NO QUERIES DURING OUR BRIEFING SESSION, TRAN (WHOM PLEASE PROTECT) HAS THE IMPRESSION THAT THE US OFFICE

HERE IS STILL CONSIDERING AS A POSSIBLE OPTION A US RESERVATION OF

GATT RIGHTS VIS-A-VIS HONG KONG. THIS SUGGESTS THAT SOME OF THE DOUBTS EXPRESSED BY DEPUTY US TRADE PEPRESENTATIVE TO CROWE PERSIST (WASHINGTON TELNO 687), AND GIVES CAUSE FOR CONCERN (HONG KONG TELNO 977 AND FCO TELNO 514).

2. WE UNDERSTAND THAT SAMUELS IS TRAVELLING TO WASHINGTON NEXT MONDAY, WHEN HE WILL PROFFER HIS ADVICE. TRAN IS WORKING TO ARRANCE

A JOINT ANGLO-CHINESE-US SESSION BEFORE THEN AT WHICH WE SHALL SEEK TO IMPRESS UPON SAMUELS THE NEED FOR SILENT ACQUIESCENCE.

SANKEY

AKR 102/1

RECEIVED T

1 7 APR 1986

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PA

INDEX

AB174

HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED

LIMITED

HD/HKD <HOWED

HD/FED

RESEARCH D (FE)

DEP/HD PUSD

PS/MR RENTON MR WILSON

COPIES TO:

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS

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