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M273 090/4.
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022013
MDHIAN 6421
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FM TOKYO
TO IMMEDIATE F CO
TELNO 374
OF 14083OZ MAY 91
INFOR IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO PRIORITY WASHINGTON, PEKING
FOR HKD
(69)
TOP COPY Q DIST?
YOUR TELNO 920 TO HONG KONG : MFN STATUS FOR CHINA
1.
JAPAN WELL RECOGNISES THE EXTENT OF ITS INTEREST IN HONG KONG AND IS ON OUR SIDE OF THE MFN ARGUMENT. WE SEE NO NEED TO TRY TO WIN THEM OVER. WE SEE THE POINT OF THE LETTER TO NAKAYAMA AS BEING RATHER TO DRAW ATTENTION TO OUR COMMON OBJECTIVE AND TO PROVIDE THE JAPANESE WITH AMMUNITION ON THE HONG KONG INTEREST TO DEPLMY IN THEIR OWN LOBBYING IN WASHINGTON. WE HOPE THE LETTER CAN BE DRAFTED ON THESE LINES. IT MAY NEED TO BE RATHER DIFFERENT FROM THOSE TO OTHER FOREIGN MINISTERS.
WHITEHEAD
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
49
LIMITED
HKD
FED
NAD
SEAD
ERD
NNNN
DISTRIBUTION
49
SPD
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
SIR J COLES
MR BURNS
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