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FM HONG KONG

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TELNO 138

OF 12080OZ JANUARY 89

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12 JAN 1989

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INFO ROUTINE DTP (FOR IAD), BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, PEKING

INFO ROUTINE MANIL, BANGKOK, JAKARTA, KUALA LUMPUR, SINGAPORE

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OUR TELNO 124 (NOT TO ALL) : HONG KONG/BRUNEI ASA

1.

POSTS IN ASEAN COUNTRIES OTHER THAN BRUNEI MAY WISH TO BE AWARE

OF THE SIGNATURE IN HONG KONG ON 9 JANUARY OF THE HONG KONG/

BRUNEI ASA, PARTICULARY (GIVEN EARLIER EXCHANGES ON ASA SEPARATION WITH THE THAIS AND FILIPINOS) BANGKOK AND MANILA. CASEAN POSTS NOT YET INVOLVED MAY WISH TO NOTE THAT ''SEPARATION'

INVOLVES THE NEGOTIATION AND CONCLUSION OF A DIFFICULT HONG KONG

ASA AND THE EXCLUSION OF HONG KONG FROM THE RELEVANT UK/SECOND COUNTRY ASA). MIFT THEREFORE CONTAINS A COPY OF THE PRESS RELEASE ISSUED AT THE TIME OF SIGNATURE OF THE HONG KONG/BRUNEI ASA, TOGETHER WITH SOME SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. WE WILL BE HAPPY TO

PROVIDE A FULLER BRIEFING WHERE REQUESTED.

2. GRATEFUL IN DUE COURSE TO LEARN WHETHER ANY SIGNIFICANT INTEREST IN ASA SEPARATION HAS BEEN GENERATED AMONG OTHER ASEAN

COUNTRIES BY SIGNATURE OF THE HONG KONG/BRUNEI ASA.

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PS/LORD GLENARTHUR

MR BAYNE

MR SLATER

MR GILLMORE

MR MCLAREN

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