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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKMIS GENEVA

MIPT: HONG KONG AND GATT:

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14.

1.

WE HAVE BEEN GIVING PRELIMINARY THOUGHT TO HOW WE MIGHT

PUBLICISE THE ARRANGEMENTS CONCERNING HONG KONG'S FUTURE

PARTICIPATION IN THE GATT. WE IMAGINE THAT, ONCE THE

DECLARATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE, HONG KONG WOULD WISH TO ISSUE SOME

FORM OF PRESS RELEASE GIVING THE TEXTS OF THE DECLARATIONS.

OBVIOUSLY THE TEXTS OF BOTH DECLARATIONS NEED TO BE PUBLICISED

AND READ IN CONJUNCTION.

2.

WE SEE NO REASON WHY THIS ACTION SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN, BUT

WE WILL NEED FIRST TO:

(A)

(B)

2.

ALLOW THE GATT SECRETARIAT TIME TO DIGEST THE

DECLARATIONS AND CIRCULATE THEM AS GATT DOCUMENTS (AT

WHICH TIME THEY WILL, AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, IN ANY CASE BECOME PUBLIC):

PUT THE IDEA TO THE CHINESE. WE DOUBT WHETHER THEY WILL

HAVE ANY OBJECTION.

PLEASE RAISE THIS WITH THE

SUBJECT TO HONG KONG'S VIEWS,

CHINESE. YOU SHOULD EXPLAIN THAT WE JUDGE THAT A PRESS RELEASE

WILL BE USEFUL BOTH IN HONG KONG AND MORE WIDELY.

CONSIDERABLE SPECULATION ABOUT THE PROCEDURE WHICH CHINA AND THE

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