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FM PEKING
TO HIMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 284
OF 231012Z FEBRUARY 87
INFO HIMMEDIATE HONG KONG
MY SECOND HPT: HONG KONG PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE AT MMO.
1. DURING THOMSON'S CALL ON 23 FEBRUARY, WANG JAJH REFERRED TO BLUNT'S CALL ON LHN ZHIYHING ON 16 JANUARY ON THINS SUBJECT. (OUR
TELNO.74). WANG SAND THAT THE CHINESE SINDE HAD NO OBJECTION TO
OUT PROPOSAL SINCE HONG KONG WERE AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF #MO AND
COULD APPOINT A PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION OF 20 NOVEMBER 1981. THE CHINESE SIDE BELIEVED
THE APPOINTMENT OF A PERMANENT REPRESENTATHVE WOULD BE HELPFUL
TO HONG KONG'S SHIPPING AND RELATED BUSINESS.
2. WANG THEN SAID THAT HE HAD ONLY ONE FURTHER QUESTION.
CREDENTIALS OF A PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE WERE FOR MISSUE BY A HEAD OF STATE, A HEAD OF GOVERNMENT OR A FOREIGN MINISTER. WHO WOULD #ISSUE THEM IN CHAN'S CASE ?.
3. THOMSON THANKED WANG FOR THIS RESPONSE. HE SAID THAT HE WAS NOT
CERTAIN OF THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION ABOUT CREDENTIALS, BUT WOULD
CHECK AND CONFIRM. GRATEFUL FOR INSTRUCT MONS.
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