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GERMAN CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG: CULTURAL AGREEMENT
1. THE CULTURAL SECTION OF THE FRG EMBASSY HAS RAISED WITH US THE POSITION OF THE GOETHE INSTITUTE AND GERMAN SCHOOL IN HONG KONG. THEY SAID BONN HAD NOTED THAT THE UK/FRG CULTURAL AGREEMENT APPLIED ONLY TO THE UK AS SUCH, AND NOT TO HONG KONG. THE AUSWARTIGES AMT WONDERED WHETHER IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE FOR THESE TWO INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG TO BE COVERED BY AN EXTENSION TO THAT AGREEMENT, OR IN A SEPARATE AGREEMENT WITH THE UK OR WITH THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES. THEY INDICATED THAT THERE WAS NO PRESSURE FROM BONN FOR ANY PARTICULAR COURSE OF ACTION, BUT THE AUSWARTIGES AMT PROBABLY WAS THINKING OF CONCLUDING SOMETHING IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE.
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WE ARE OF COURSE AWARE THAT YOU HAVE BEEN AUTHORISED TO CONDUCT EXTERNAL RELATIONS IN THE CULTURAL FIELD THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S LETTER TO YOU OF 12 OCTOBER 1987. WE SHALL MAKE THE GERMAN AUTHORITIES AWARE OF THIS AGREEMENT AND SUGGEST THAT THEY THEREFORE DEAL DIRECTLY WITH YOU. IN DOING SO, HOWEVER, WE WOULD WISH TO INDICATE HOW AN APPROACH ON THIS BY THE FRG WOULD BE RECEIVED BY YOU. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR ADVICE.
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