OCMIAN 9063
CONFIDENTIAL
00 SEOUL
RR PEKIN
FM FCOLN TO SEOUL
1110002 APR
GRS 168
TOP CUPY
CONFIDENTIAL
29063
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TO IMMEDIATE SEOUL
TELNO 165
OF 111000Z APRIL 86
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, PEKING
138
1.
YOUR TELNO 175: HONG KONG AND GATT
WE APOLOGISE THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS IN YOUR PARTICULAR
CASE WERE NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR. WITH SUCH A WIDE RANGE OF POSTS
INVOLVED IT WAS NOT PRACTICABLE TO COVER EVERY NUANce.
2.
IN PREPARING THIS EXERCISE WE AGREED WITH THE CHINESE
THAT IN COUNTRIES WHERE EITHER WE OR THEY WERE NOT REPRESENTED,
OR WITH WHOM ONE OF US HAS NO DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS, THE OTHER
WOULD ACT ALONE. THIS ARRANGEMENT APPLIES TO THE KOREANS, WHOM
THE CHINESE ACCEPT SHOULD NOT (NOT) BE LEFT OUT OF THE EXERCISE,
AS AN IMPORTANT TRADING PARTNER OF HONG KONG. YOU SHOULD
THEREFORE SPEAK TO THE KOREANS AS IN MY TELNO 170 TO CANBERRA,
EXCEPT THAT YOU SHOULD NOT, OF COURSE USE. THE LAST SENTENCE OF
PARA 2 OF THAT SPEAKING NOTE. YOU SHOULD ACT BETWEEN 15 AND 20
APRIL. IF YOU JUDGE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, YOU MAY TELL THE
KOREANS THAT WE HAVE AGREED THE APPROACH WITH THE CHINESE.
HOWE
LIMITED
HKD
FES
MR WILSON
HKK 12011
RECEIVED IN GSTRY
1 4 APR 1986
K OFFICER
PA
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