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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
YOUR TELNO 2813: GERMAN CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN HONG KONG : CULTURAL AGREEMENT
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1 WE SHOULD BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE GERMAN CONSULATE, BUT ONLY AFTER WE HAVE CLEARED OUR LINES ON PRACTICAL BENEFITS. WE WOULD NOT WISH TO CAUSE ANY UNNECESSARY EMBARRASSMENT IF WE WERE FINALLY TO DECIDE THAT SUCH AN AGREEMENT WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY. WHILST OUR POLICY IS TO ESTABLISH A WIDE NETWORK OF CULTURAL AND OTHER LINKS, CONCLUDING BILATERAL AGREEMENTS IS NOT THE ONLY MEANS TO ACHIEVE THIS. OUR STRATEGY HITHERTO HAS BEEN TO SEEK BILATERAL AGREEMENTS IF THEY ENABLE SOMETHING NOT OTHERWISE OBTAINABLE WITHIN OUR EXISTING LEGAL FRAMEWORK OR IF GUARANTEED RECIPROCITY IS CONSIDERED NECESSARY. BEFORE COMING TO A VIEW, GRATEFUL IF YOU AND PEKING COULD PASS US COPIES OF THE UK/GERMANY AND PRC/GERMANY AGREEMENTS RESPECTIVELY.
2. PARA 2 OF TUR : PLEASE REPLY TO THE GERMAN EMBASSY THAT WE ARE POSITIVE ABOUT THEIR INITIATIVE BUT ARE AT PRESENT CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS. WE PROPOSE TO CONTACT THE GERMAN CONSULATE HERE AS SOON AS WE ARE READY TO DISCUSS. OUR CONTACT PERSON IS MR PD W BOURTON, PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE.
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