TNAG-2246-FCO40-3229-World-Intellectual-Property-Organization-(WIPO)-Conference---1991 — Page 25

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WIPO ROUND TABLE MEETING: HONG KONG'S ATTENDANCE.

IN VIEW OF OUR CURRENT PROBLEMS WITH THE CHINESE OVER PADS, AND THE CONSEQUENTIAL HEIGHTENING OF CHINESE SENSITIVITIES, THIS WOULD NOT BE A PROPITIOUS TIME TO RAISE WITH THEM HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN WIPO. WE ARE THEREFORE MUCH ATTRACTED BY THE PROPOSAL IN PARA 3 OF TUR. WE SUGGEST THAT, AS ADDED INSURANCE AGAINST AN ADVERSE CHINESE REACTION, UKREP JLG SHOULD BRIEF THE CHINESE JLG OFFICE ON WHAT WE ARE DOING BEFORE THE WIPO MEETING.

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