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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKREP JEG HONG NO
YOUR TELNOS 164-165 : OUTER SPACE ACT 1986 : ASIASAT.
1. PIGOTT CALLED ON COUNSELLOR HU CHUANZHONG ON 1 MARCH AND SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED IN FIRST TUR. (PIGOTT HAD ALREADY PASSED THE TEXTS IN SECOND TUR TOGETHER WITH A COPY OF HIS SPEAKING NOTE TO HU ON 28 FEBRUARY BUT, BECAUSE NO RECEPTION ROOMS WERE AVAILABLE THAT DAY AT THE MFA, THEY HAD HAD TO POSTPONE THEIR MEETING FOR A DAY).
2. HU SAID THAT HE HAD READ OUR SPEAKING NOTE AND THE TEXTS. HE WISHED TO STUDY THEM FURTHER AND TO CONSULT OTHERS CONCERNED, INCLUDING THE CHINA GREAT WALL INDUSTRY CORPORATION AND THE MFA'S TREATY EXPERTS. HE NOTED THAT THE PROPOSED LAUNCH DATE WAS 7 APRIL AND AGREED TO PURSUE THE MATTER AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. HE UNDERTOOK TO COME BACK TO US ONCE HE WAS IN A POSITION TO LET US HAVE A REPLY OR IF HE HAD ANY QUESTIONS.
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