RESTRICTED
FM MADRID
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 508
RESTRICTED
OF 04135OZ JULY 91
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HONG KONG,
GIBRALTAR
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MDLIAN 4002
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FCO TELNO 219: CHINA/HONG KONG
1.
ACTION TAKEN WITH SOBREDO,
MFA SUB-DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR ASIA.
HE WELCOMED THE AGREEMENT ON THE NEW HONG KONG AIRPORT AND ASKED FOR THE DATES OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT, WHEN THESE ARE AVAILABLE.
COMMENT
2.
SOBREDO EXPRESSED NO CONCERN AT THE PROSPECT OF SUCH HIGH-LEVEL CONTACTS WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT, RECOGNISING THAT WE HAD PARTICULAR REASONS FOR MAINTAINING CONTACT WITH PEKING. (AND THE SPANIARDS THEMSELVES HAVE DISPLAYED CONSIDERABLE ENTHUSIASM IN BUILDING BILATERAL TRADING CONTACTS WITH THE CHINESE (OUR TELNO 453): FERNANDEZ ORDONEZ WENT TO PEKING IN NOVEMBER 1990: A CHINESE MINISTERIAL TRADE DELEGATION VISITED SPAIN IN MAY).
THERE MAY BE SOME PRESS COMMENT SEEKING PARALLELS BETWEEN THE AGREEMENT ON HONG KONG AIRPORT, AND THE ANGLO/SPANISH AGREEMENTS OVER GIBRALTAR AIRPORT.
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