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FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 0941
OF 2208267 MAY 87
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
HKGO, LONDON FOR MARINE ADVISER
YOUR TELNO 1404 TO HONG KONG: HONG KONG PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO
IMO
1. WE APPEAR NOT TO HAVE RECEIVED YOUR UNREFERENCED TEL OF 21 MAY
QUOTED IN THE TITLE OF YOUR TUR.
2. THE CHINESE BELIEVE THAT THE HONG KONG PERMANENT
REPRESENTATIVE'S CREDENTIALS WILL BE SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR AND THAT
THEY WILL BE SENT TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE IMO UNDER COVER OF
A NOTE FROM THE FCO (MY TELNO 549). IN VIEW OF THE DIFFICULTIES
WHICH WE HAD IN GETTING THE CHINESE TO ACCEPT THIS PROPOSED METHOD
OF SUBITTING THE CREDENTIALS (EG, MY TELNOS 827 AND 855), WE THINK THAT WE SHOULD INFORM THEM IN A LOW KEY WAY THAT THE FCO WILL
INSTEAD FORWARD A LETTER OF INTENT TO APPOINT A PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE, SIGNED BY THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC SERVICES, UNDER COVER OF A NOTE TO THE IMO SECRETARIAT, AND THAT THE LETTER OF CREDENTIALS SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR WILL BE PRESENTED PERSONALLY TO
THE IMO SECRETARY-GENERAL BY THE MARINE ADVISER, HKGO, LONDON ABOUT
4 WORKING DAYS THEREAFTER.
3.
GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION THAT WE SHOULD ACT AS PROPOSED. IT
WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL TO KNOW IN CASE WE ARE ASKED, WHEN THE NOTE IS
LIKELY TO ISSUE.
EVANS
PEHPAN 0823
MINIMAL
HKD
MAED
COPIES TO:
HKGO LONDON.
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