TNAG-1551-FCO40-2115-Possible-cultural-agreement-between-Hong-Kong-and-Japan-1986 — Page 36

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OUR TELNO 555: POSSIBLE CULTURAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN HONG KONG AND JAPAN

IN CON- FIDENCE

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DEA

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As previous

1. The Japanese have now raised this in the

context of the Governor's forthcoming visit to

Japan ((25-27 May) The Consul-General has said

that the Japanese Embassy will be discussing it

with the FCO in London. It also appears that the

existing limited Japanese cannot enlarge their financial assistance

to Hong Kong educational institutions without a

formal agreement. So this issue is coming to the

boil.

Lobi

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APPROVED POR DESPATCH

NAME IN BLOCK LTRS

APPOINTMENT

J.D.I. BOYD

PA

TEL. No.

5-95428

DATE.

TIME

15 MAY 86

Detail

2.

The Japanese Consul-General telephoned the

Political Adviser on 13 May to say that his en- quiries about the Air Services Agreement initialled with the Dutch (our telno 1463) reflected Japanese interest in Hong Kong's ability to sign agreements generally under specific authorisation from HMG.

They will be checking out HMG's views on this

point

int

at first hand in London in the near future.

/3.