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HKK 175/2
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GRS 160
CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 036
OF 090613Z JANUARY 87
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
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HKK 175/2
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14 JAN 1987
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HONG KONG TELNO 4297 (1986) TO YOU AND YOUR TEL NO 38 TO HONG KONG:
POST OF MARINE ADVISER
1.
WE AGREE THAT THE PROPOSAL IN 1ST TUR WILL NEED CAREFUL EXPLANATION TO THE CHINESE, WE THINK IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE TO SPEAK TO THE CHINESE BEFORE THEY LEARN OF THE PROPOSAL THROUGH THE IMO (AS HAPPENED IN THE CASE OF THE UNCTAD/IMO GROUP OF EXPERTS UK MIS GENEVA TELNO 629 REFERS): SUCH A SITUATION WOULD INCREASE THE
RISK OF SUSPICION.
2.
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WE WOULD EXPECT DIFFICULTIES WITH THE CHINESE OVER DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES. THIS WAS ONE OF THEIR MAIN CONCERNS OVER GATT AND, ALTHOUGH, AS HONG KONG POINT OUT, HKG ARE NOT IN THIS CASE PROPOSING TO ESTABLISH A MISSION, CHINESE SENSITIVITIES OVER IMPLIED
SOVEREIGNTY WOULD STILL APPLY.
THOMSON
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MAED
UND MR WILSON
MR
SLATER
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