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CONFIDENTAL
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TELNO 1239
OF 250705Z APRIL 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA
UKMIS GENEVAL PLEASE PASS A COPY TO CARTLAND.
UKMIS TELNO 207. HONG KONG AND GATT: CREDENTIALS FOR PERMANENT
REPRESENTATIVE TO GATT.
OUR DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MACLEOD, IS LEAVING FOR GENEVA TODAY TO ATTEND TEXCOM. HE WILL BRING LETTER OF CREDENTIALS SIGNED BY OUR
SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY FOR OUR PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE
TO GATT. FULL TEXT WHICH HS ALONG THE LINES OF A DRAFT PREPARED BY
LINDEN IS SET OUT BELOW. IF YOU SEE NO OBJECTION, HIT WILL BE DELIVERED BY CARTLAND TO MATHUR BEFORE HE TAKES HIS NEW SEAT ON
MONDAY 28 APRIL.
2. TEXT BEGINS :
* HAVE THE HONOUR TO REFER TO THE COMMUNICATION DELIVERED TO YOU
ON 23 APRIL 1986 BY THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED
KINGDOM DECLARING THAT HONG KONG WILL, WITH EFFECT FROM THAT DATE, BE
DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACTING PARTY TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS
AND TRADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE XXVH(5) (C)
THEREOF.
* HAVE THE FURTHER HONOUR TO INFORM YOU THAT THE HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT HAS ESTABLISHED A PERMANENT DELEGATION IN GENEVA TO
REPRESENT HONG KONG IN THE GATT AND THAT MR MICHAEL DAVID CARTLAND
HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS HONG KONG'S PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO GATT.
THE ADDRESS OF HIS OFFICE AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF HIS DELEGATION
ARE AS FOLLOWS:
RUE DE VERMONT, 37-39 (1ST FLOOR)
1202 GENEVA
TELEPHONE : 34 90 40
TELEX: 28880 HKGV CH
CONFIDENTIAL
/MR. ANTHONY.S.J. WOO
HRR 122/1
RECSIN.
29 APR 1986
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