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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 2206
OF 110648Z JULY 91
CONFIDENTIAL,
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
AIRPORT MOU: BRIEFING OF THIRD COUNTRIES.
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1. YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF SOME SLIGHT EMBARRASSMENT CAUSED HERE BECAUSE SOME MEMBERS OF THE CONSULAR CORPS LEARNED OF THE AIRPORT AGREEMENT FROM THEIR CAPITALS RATHER THAN FROM US.
2. YOUR TELNO 219 TO ATHENS REACHED US ON THE MORNING OF 4 JULY, BY WHICH TIME THE CANADIAN COMMISSIONER HAD CONTACTED THE POLITICAL ADVISER TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION OF THE INFORMATION HE HAD OBTAINED FROM OTTAWA. THE POLITICAL ADVISER EXPLAINED THE MOU TO HIM AND QUICKLY BRIEFED THE AUSTRALIAN AND JAPANESE CONSULS- GENERAL. I WAS ALSO RATHER TAKEN ABACK WHEN I CONTACTED THE U.S. CONSUL-GENERAL TO BRIEF HIM, AND FOUND THAT HE HAD ALREADY HEARD ABOUT THE MOU FROM WASHINGTON.
3. NO GREAT DAMAGE DONE. BUT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN USEFUL TO KNOW OF YOUR INTENTIONS ON BRIEFING EARLIER, SO THAT WE COULD HAVE CO-ORDINATED OUR EFFORTS BETTER WITH YOURS.
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