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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 194
OF 09111OZ JUNE 87
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING
MY TELNO 181: HONG KONG AND THE CCC
SUMMARY
1.
THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CCC IS CONFIDENT THAT HONG KONG WILL BECOME A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL FOLLOWING THE OTTAWA MEETING.
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2. I CALLED THIS MORNING 9 JUNE ON THE SECRETARY GENERAL AND HEAD OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE CCC AND SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED, LEAVING SPEAKING NOTES AND THE DRAFT UK DECLARATION.
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DICKERSON AND MACDONALD HAD OBVIOUSLY ALREADY CONSIDERED THE CASE IN DETAIL AND WERE CONFIDENT THAT HONG KONG COULD BECOME THE 99TH MEMBER OF THE CCC AFTER THE OTTAWA MEETING. THEIR SUGGESTED PROGRAMME OF ACTION, SUBJECT TO THE CHINESE DEMARCHE LATER TODAY IS: A) THEY WILL PUT THE CASE TO THE POLICY COMMISSION MEETING IN QUEBEC FROM 17-19 JUNE. ARMED WITH THE DRAFT DECLARATIONS (AND THE GATT PRECEDENT) THEY EXPECTED THE POLICY COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL BY THE FULL COUNCIL. THEY SAW NO NEED FOR THE UK OR CHINA TO LOBBY THE COMMISSION, BUT THEY WOULD REPORT PROGRESS TO THE UK AND CHINESE
DELEGATIONS IN OTTAWA.
B) THE COUNCIL MEETING IN OTTAWA (22-26 JUNE) WOULD THEN BE INVITED TO APPROVE HONG KONG'S MEMBERSHIP: IF NECESSARY BY A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY BUT PERHAPS SIMPLY NEM CON. IT WOULD PROBABLY
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