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INFO PRIORITY SOFIA, WASHINGTON, UKREP BRUSSELS

OUR TELNO 566: GATT COUNCULT 6 NOVEMBER: ACCESSION OF BULGARIA

SUMMARY

1. WORKING PARTY ESTABLISHED ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT HIT WILL NOT

START WORK UNTIL BULGARIMA'S TRADE MEMORANDUM HIS RECEHNED.

DETAIL

2. IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PRE-ARRANGED SCENARIHO THE CHAIRMAN SAIND

THAT AFTER CONSULTATIONS, HE WAS PROPOSING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WORKHING PARTY. THE US RE-AFFIRMEND THEIR POSITION THAT THE WORKING

GROUP SHOULD NOT BE ESTABLISHED PRIOR TO THE RECEIPT OF BULGARINA'S TRADE MEMORANDUM, BUT NOTED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BLOCK A CONSENSUS WITH AN OPPOSITE WIEW. NO-ONE ELSE SPOKE AND THE CHAIRMAN CONCLUDED

THAT A WORKING PARTY BE ESTABLISHED WITH THE USUAL TERMS OF

REFERENCE. BULGARIA THEN EXPALINED THAT THEIR TRADE MEMORANDUM WAS

BELIGN PREPARED BUT WOULD BE DELAYED WHILE SOME COMPREHENSIVE

LEGISLATION WAS UNDERTAKEN. THEY DID NOT EXPECT THE WORKING PARTY'S

ACTIVITIES TO COMMENCE UNTIL THE MEMORANDUM WAS AVAILABLE.

COMMENT

3.

A SATISFACTORY COMPROMISE.

BUT THE REAL ISSUE OF WHETHER OR NOT

BULGARIA SHOULD BE TREATED AS A DEVELOPING COUNTRY REMAINS TO BE

SETTLED IN THE WORKING PARTY.

SANKEY

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Mr. Whit

Thank goodness.

End of a long saga.

Pa

GATT

Christopher Hum Esq

Your reference

Hong Kong Department

Our reference

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

LONDON SW1

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Hi

Luken

STATUS OF HONG KONG'S GENEVA OFFICE

1. On receipt of your telegram No 367 I had a word with the Swiss Mission to confirm that the arrangements which we had previously discussed with the Swiss had now been accepted by the Chinese authorities. I made clear that the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office would now be in touch direct with the Swiss Mission in order to seek the issue of new cartes de legitimation and vehicle registration plates.

2.

Vettovaglia (Swiss Mission) at first asked for confirmation in writing that the Chinese were content. When I questioned whether it was really appropriate for the British authorities to confirm this in writing to the Swiss, he withdrew the request, adding that Hong Kong's applications would now be dealt with in the normal way.

Yous

RAPE

David Mon

DJ MOSS

CC:

JD I Boyd Esq CMG

Political Adviser, Hong Kong

PA B Thomson Esq

H of C, Peking

M Cartland Esq

Hong Kong Economic and

Trade Office, Geneva

ML H Hope Esq

H of C, Berne

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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, UKREP BRUSSELS

UKMIS GENEVA PLEASE PASS COPY TO CARTLAND

UKREP BRUSSELS PLEASE PASS COPY TO TSAU

MACAU'S STATUS IN GATT

OUR BRUSSELS OFFICE HAS REPORTED AN ENQUIRY BY CORREIA, PORTUGUESE

ECONOMIC COUNSELLOR, ABOUT THE MODUS OPERANDI OF OUR CENEVA OFFICE AFTER THE ARTICLE XXVI (5)(C) DECLARATION. HE INDICATED THAT

POPTUGAL HAD THE INTENTION OF TAKING THE SAME ROUTE FOR MACAU IN

THE CONSULTATION WITH THE CHINESE.

2. WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PORTUGUESE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF

ESTABLISHING A MACAU OFFICE WITHIN THEIR BRUSSELS EMBASSY WITH

CORRETA IN CHARGE.

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