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ADVISER/IMO REPRESENTATIVE

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1. BLUNT CALLED ON LIN ZHIYING ON 22 JANUARY AND SPOKÉ AS

INSTRUCTED IN FIRST TUR.

2.

LIN WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

FIVE FURTHER QUESTIONS:

WANG WEIYANG THEN ASKED

A. HE UNDERSTOOD THAT BEFORE 1981 THERE WERE NO PERMANENT

REPRESENTATIVES FROM ANY COUNTRIES TO THE IMO: HAD THE SITUATION NOW CHANGED AND HOW MANY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES TO THE IMO WERE THERE

IN LONDON ?

WERE SUCH REPRESENTATIVES PART OF THEIR COUNTRY'S EMBASSY OR OF

A SEPARATE MISSION ?

B.

C. HOW MANY COUNTRIES HAD A SEPARATE MISSION TO THE IMO IN LONDON ?

WHAT WAS THE SITUATION CONCERNING PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES FOR PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES FROM OTHER COUNTRIES TO THE IMO ?

D.

E. DID MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN LONDON ENJOY

ANY PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES ?

3. BLUNT REPLIED THAT HE WOULD SEEK GUIDANCE ON ALL POINTS. ON THE QUESTION OF PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES, HE EMPHASISED THAT MR CHAN WOULD NOT BE SEEKINGSU ANY PRIVILEGES OR IMMUNITIES AS HONG KONG'S

PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE IMO.

4. GRATEFUL FOR INSTRUCTIONS.

5.

SEE MIFT

THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED

EVANS

PEMPAN 3169.

LIMITED.

HKD.

MAED

PROTOCOL.D MR. WILSON. MR. SLATER.

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