TNAG-2246-FCO40-3229-World-Intellectual-Property-Organization-(WIPO)-Conference---1991 — Page 28

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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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OF 17164OZ JANUARY 91

AND TO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, PEKING

INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA

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WIPO ROUND TABLE MEETING: HONG KONG'S ATTENDANCE

1. WE HAVE RECEIVED VIA UKMIS GENEVA AN INVITATION FOR HONG KONG TO ATTEND THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANISATION'S REGIONAL ROUND TABLE ON THE ROLE OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY OFFICES IN SUPPORT OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY POLICES AND MANAGEMENT IN ENTERPRISES, TO BE HELD FROM 23-25 JANUARY IN PHUKET. WE HAVE FORWARDED THIS INVITATION TO YOUR DIRECTOR OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MS ALICE TAI. MS TAI HAS FAXED US INDICATED THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND.

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FOR THIS PARTICULAR ROUND TABLE MEETING, THE UK IS NOT SENDING A REPRESENTATIVE: TARNOFSKY (DTI) WAS DUE TO PRESENT A PAPER BUT IN VIEW OF THE OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES IN THE GULF WILL NOW NOT BE GOING.

3. WE HAVE CONSIDERED HOW HONG KONG COULD ATTEND THIS CONFERENCE WITHOUT AROUSING CHINESE SENSITIVITIES. WE PROPOSE THAT A HONG KONG REPRESENTATIVE COULD GO AS AN UNACCREDITED OBSERVER TO THE MEETING AND SIT WITH OTHER UNACCREDITED OBSERVERS, OF WHOM WE UNDERSTAND THERE IS LIKELY TO BE A NUMBER, WITHOUT ANY NAME PLATE.

4. BEFORE WE REVERT TO WIPO, GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION THAT YOU ARE CONTENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MANNER AND FOR ANY COMMENTS FROM COPY ADDRESSEES. IN VIEW OF THE VERY TIGHT DEADLINE, WE WOULD APPRECIATE A REPLY DESKBY 18093OZ.

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