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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG AND BTC HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE STOCKHOLM, WASHINGTON, OTTAWA, CANBERRA, WELLINGTON INFO ROUTINE KUALA LUMPUR, BANGKOK, SINGAPORE AND EC POSTS
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YOUR TELNO 87 TO WASHINGTON: HONG KONG - INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
1. I SPOKE TODAY 16 JANUARY AS INSTRUCTED TO VOLLEBAEK, STATE SECRETARY AT THE MFA (THE MINISTER IS OVERSEAS) AND LEFT A SPEAKING NOTE. I REITERATED THE ARGUMENTS MADE DURING THE CALL REPORTED IN MY TELNO 6 (WHEN WE OF COURSE MADE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT WE WERE NOT QUOTE SIMPLY MAKING POLITE ENQUIRIES UNQUOTE), ADDING THAT I WAS MAKING THIS SECOND CALL IN ORDER TO EMPHASISE THE IMPORTANCE WHICH BRITISH MINISTERS PERSONALLY ATTACH TO THE ISSUE.
2. VOLLEBAEK (WHO LEFT IMMEDIATELY AFTER MY MEETING FOR VISITS TO EASTERN EUROPE) ACCEPTED THE STRENGTH OF OUR ARGUMENTS AND ASSURED ME THAT THE QUESTION WOULD BE RECONSIDERED AT CABINET LEVEL. HE ASKED WHETHER OTHER COUNTRIES HAD MADE POSITIVE RESPONSES. WE REPLIED IN SUITABLY DISCREET TERMS ABOUT INITIAL AUSTRALIAN AND AMERICAN POSITIONS INDICATED IN YOUR TUR AND CANBERRA TELNO 30. IT IS CLEARLY LIKELY TO BE HELPFUL IF WE CAN INFORM THE NORWEGIANS OF SUBSTANTIVE
POSITIVE RESPONSES BY OTHER COUNTRIES: GRATEFUL THEREFORE IF THESE COULD BE FED TO US AS QUICKLY AS THEY ARRIVE.
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