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TO DESKBY 160100Z PEKING

TELNO 300

OF 151300Z APRIL 86

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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YOUR TELNOS 520/1 (NOT TO ALL) AND BRUSSELS TELNO 95: HONG KONG

AND THE GATT: BRIEFING OF CONTRACTING PARTIES

Laken

3817/4.

1.

2.

YOUR TURS WERE ONLY RECEIVED TODAY.

IT APPEARS FROM BRUSSELS TUR THAT A MISUNDERSTANDING MAY

HAVE ARISEN WITH THE CHINESE OVER THE BRIEFING OF EC COUNTRIES.

THEY APPARENTLY CONSIDER THAT IT WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO BRIEF ALL

EC MEMBERS VIA THE COMMISSION IN BRUSSELS. THIS WAS OF

COURSE NEVER OUR INTENTION. WE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT BRIEFING

OF ALL EC MEMBERS BY BOTH CHINA AND THE UK IN CAPITALS IS

NECESSARY. PLEASE SPEAK URGENTLY TO THE CHINESE TO EXPLAIN THIS

TO THEM, EMPHASISING THAT WE INTEND TO PROCEED WITH BRIEFING IN

EC CAPITALS. WE VERY MUCH HOPE THAT THEY WILL AGREE TO ACT

SIMILARLY AND WILL ACCORDINGLY SEND IMMEDIATE INSTRUCTIONS TO

THEIR EC POSTS. IN THE MEANTIME, GRATEFUL IF EC POSTS WOULD

PROCEED AS PLANNED WITH THE BRIEFING EXERCISE, IF THEY HAVE NOT

ALREADY DONE SO.

3.

WE IMAGINE THAT IF THE CHINESE AGREE TO THIS IT MAY

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