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4. TO CAUSE MINIMUM DISRUPTION TO ALL/ALL PARTIES. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR AND HONG KONG'S VIEWS. OUR PROPOSAL IS THAT YOU SHOULD KEEP THE VS SERIES AND THAT THE VR SERIES SHOULD BE ALLOCATED EXCLUSIVELY TO HONG KONG. YOU WOULD THEN BE ALLOCATED A NEW SERIES BY DTI FROM AMONG THE SERIES ALREADY ALLOCATED TO US BY THE ITU. THE FEATURES OF THIS COMPROMISE ARE:
WE SHOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A COMPROMÍSE SOLUTION WHICH AIMS
A) YOU WOULD NOT NEED TO TACKLE YOUR DIFFICULTIES WITH THE VSB RADIO AND TV STATIONS.
B) YOU WOULD, HOWEVER, BE INVOLVED IN THE BUREAUCRATIC CHANGES OUTLINED IN PARA 3 OF YOUR TUR.
C) HONG KONG WOULD FACE SOME DISRUPTION: ALLOCATION TO HONG KONG OF THE VR SERIES ONLY WOULD STILL REQUIRE OVER 2000 CALL SIGNS CURRENTLY IN THE VS AND OTHER SERIES TO BE CHANGED. BUT CLEARLY DISRUPTION WOULD BE LESS THAN THAT OUTLINED IN PARA 2 ABOVE.
D) PITCAIRN ISLANDS AND GRAND TURK WOULD STILL BE AFFECTED. BOTH HAVE STRESSED THAT ADEQUATE NOTICE WOULD NEED TO BE GIVEN AND PITCAIRN ISLANDS HAVE ALSO IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM OF COST OF REPRINTING QSL CARDS.
5. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR AND HONG KONG'S VIEWS BY 26 OCTOBER. WE NEED TO MOVE AHEAD QUICKLY ON CONSULTATION WITH THE CHINESE. WE HAVE TO BEAR IN MIND THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE CHINESE WILL REJECT THIS PROPOSAL AS ASSOCIATING HONG KONG TOO CLOSELY AFTER 1997 WITH AN EX-COLONIAL CALL SIGN. IN THAT CASE WE WILL BE BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
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