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Annex I Section VI: Economic System and External Economic Relations

Whether the

Chinese need

to be consulted/

CA Branch Liaison Officer : PAS(CA)5

Date for

HMG/HKG

to start deliberation

Present Position

Relevant Considerations

10th Edition

(June 1990)

Target Completion Date

Item &

JD/BL

Action

informed and

reference

Officer*

if so, timing

d. Consider

*STI

May be

arrangements to

C of C&E

continue import of

ᎠᏳᎢ

necessary.

Timing not known

Action already started

high technology

yet.

goods (including future application on COCOM Controls)

* Please mark an '*' against the officer with overall responsibility

CL7

A paper titled "Hong Kong and COCOM: The Future" was sent to the FCO in August 1989. Discussions have been held with officials in London. The aim is to initiate tri-partite discussions with individual

COCOM member countries, starting

with US and Japan. Action

currently rests with the UK DTI.

Where doe

this stand? Good guestas.

with the en.

But Hica are

Not

pushing

071 berg helpand.

Early to mid-1990's

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