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MOSS(UKMIS GENEVA)'S TELELETTER TO HUM OF 1 DECEMBER, COPIED TO YOU (NOT TO PEKING): INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS

PROPOSAL TO OPEN REGIONAL DELEGATION IN HONG KONG

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GRATEFUL F YOUR VIEWS ON PROPOSALS INARAS 5, 6 AND 7

OF TLR, REPEATED TO PEKIN MIFT. OUR INIL VIEW IS THAT:

(A) SUBJECT TO OUR VIEWS, WE SEE SOME POLITICAL ADVANTAGE IN

RESPONDING HELPFULLY TO ICRC'S REQUEST. THERE MAY ALSO

BE POLITICAL ADVANTAGE TO HONG KONG IN A BODY OF

INTERNATIONAL REPUTE LIKE ICRC ESTABLISHING ITSELF IN THE

TERRITORY BEFORE THE TRANSFER OF SOVEREIGNTY.

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AS REGARDS THE STATUS OF ICRC IN HONG KONG, OUR

PRELIMINARY VIEW IS THAT, AS ICRC IS NOT (NOT) AN

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION UNDER THE UK INTERNATIONAL

ORGANISATIONS ACT 1968, IT MAY WELL ALSO NOT QUALIFY FOR

PRIVILEGES OR IMMUNITIES UNDER HONG KONG'S INTERNATIONAL

ORGANISATIONS AND DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES ORDINANCE. BUT

THIS IS PLAINLY FOR YOU TO ADVISE. IT MAY BE THAT IN ANY

EVENT SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS MIGHT BE MADE

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