CONFIDENTIAL
100052 MDHOAN 2288
TERRORIST THREATS.
THE HIGH COMMISSIONER QUESTIONED WHETHER
THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF A THREAT OR AN INCREASED THREAT TO FUR SELLERS IN THE UK. IF THERE WERE, HE THOUGHT IT REGRETTABLE THAT TERRORISM SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO WIN ON THIS ISSUE. FOR HARRODS TO STOP SELLING FURS FOR COMMERCIAL REASONS WAS ONE THING: TO BE SCARED OFF BY TERRORISTS WAS ANOTHER. HE WOULD BE SEEKING A THREAT ASSESSMENT FROM SPECIAL BRANCH VIA THE RCMP REPRESENTATIVE IN THE HIGH COMMISSION. HE DOUBTED WHETHER MULRONEY WOULD IN FACT RAISE THE ISSUE WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE.)
HONG KONG
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THE CANADIANS WERE PROBABLY SECOND ONLY TO THE UK IN THEIR INTEREST IN HONG KONG. THERE WERE NOW OVER 100,000 CANADIANS OF HONG KONG ORIGIN AND EXTENSIVE BUSINESS LINKS. THE MOST SENIOR CANADIAN DELEGATION TO VISIT CHINA SINCE JUNE 1989 WOULD BE VISITING HONG KONG AND PEKING NEXT WEEK TO PUT FORWARD PROPOSALS FOR MEASURES WHICH THE CANADIANS WERE PROPOSING TO TAKE IN THE INTERESTS OF HONG KONG. THESE WOULD INCLUDE A SET OF BILATERAL AGREEMENTS ON FUNCTIONAL QUESTIONS AND LEGISLATIVE STEPS TO PERMIT THE OPENING OF THE HONG KONG OFFICE IN CANADA (INVOLVING CHANGES TO CANADA'S PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES LAW). THE FUNCTIONAL QUESTIONS WOULD INCLUDE:
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A PROTECTION OF INVESTMENT AGREEMENT.
A DOUBLE TAXATION AGREEMENT.
FINANCIAL MARKET ACCESS
INFORMATION SHARING ON SECURITIES
MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND
PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW (THE HIGH COMMISSION COULD NOT ELUCIDATE, WHEN I ASKED THEM WHAT THIS MEANT).
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THE CANADIANS WANTED TO MAKE THE POINT THAT THEY EXPECT TO BE DEALING WITH THE SAME SORT OF REGIME IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997 AS NOW, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE CHINESE TO MOVE TO A MORE ACCOMMODATING POSITION. THEY DID NOT EXPECT TO FIND A PARTICULARLY ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME IN PEKING BUT THOUGHT THE EFFORT WORTHWHILE. THEIR DELEGATION WOULD CONSIST OF JEAN MCCLOSKEY, ASSISTANT DEPUTY MINISTER FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC: AND HOWARD BALLOCH, THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEA'S NORTH ASIA DIVISION. BALLCH WOULD VISIT THE FCO TODAY AND THE DELEGATION PROPOSED TO VISIT HONG KONG BEFORE PEKING.
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THE SECRETARY OF STATE THANKED MACDONALD WARMLY FOR EXTENSIVE CANADIAN HELP OVER VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE AT SC3. THIS HAD BEEN QUOTE PIVOTAL UNQUOTE. FOLLOWING HIS VISIT TO WASHINGTON, IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE US ATTITUDE OWED MUCH TO THE
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