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ALLOCATION OF THE 'VR' SERIES, OUR MAIN CONCERN IS TO MINIMISE THE DISRUPTION CAUSED TO MERCHANT SHIPPING. HENCE, IF ONLY ONE OF THESE TWO SERIES WERE TO BE ALLOCATED TO HONG KONG, WE WOULD PREFER THE 'VR' SERIES.
6. AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THE IDEAL SITUATION FOR US WOULD BE FOR BOTH THE 'VR' AND 'VS' SERIES TO BE ALLOCATED TO HONG KONG. UNDER THIS SCENARIO ONLY 253 CALL-SIGNS WOULD NEED TO BE CHANGED. THESE ARE CALL-SIGNS CURRENTLY ALLOCATED FROM THE 'VP' AND 'Z' SERIES TO HONG KONG SHIPPING (167) AND MISCELLANEOUS PURPOSES (86). WE ALSO NOTE THAT THE ALLOCATION OF BOTH THE 'VS' AND 'VR' SERIES WOULD ONLY AFFECT ONE ADDITIONAL DEPENDENT TERRITORY, TURKS AND CAICOS, COMPARED WITH THE ALLOCATION OF THE 'VR' SERIES ALONE.
7. IN SUMMARY, OUR STRONG PREFERENCE IS FOR BOTH THE 'VR' AND 'VS' SERIES TO BE ALLOCATED TO HONG KONG. HOWEVER, IF ONLY ONE OF THESE SERIES WERE TO BE ALLOCATED TO HONG KONG, THE 'VR' SERIES IS PREFERRED.
8. THE FOREGOING HOPEFULLY PROVIDES SUFFICIENT INFORMATION FOR YOU TO PROCEED WITH CONSULTATION WITH OTHER DTS. AS FAR AS THE TIME-FRAME FOR SUBSEQUENT ACTION IS CONCERNED, WE STILL HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THE CHINESE SIDE A PAPER SETTING OUT OUR PROPOSALS BEFORE JLG XI, WITH A VIEW TO HAVING THIS ISSUE RESOLVED
IN PRINCIPLE WITH THE CHINESE, OTHER DTS AND THE ITU BY MID-1992. IMPLEMENTATION OF NECESSARY CALL-SIGN CHANGES BOTH HERE AND
IN OTHER DTS COULD THEN TAKE PLACE WELL WITHIN THE FOLLOWING FIVE YEARS.
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