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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 966
OF 20153OZ MAY 91
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNOS 1070 AND 1071: IRO SUBGROUP: MULTILATERAL TREATIES: CONSERVATION: INDO-PACIFIC FISHERIES COUNCIL
1. WE HAVE ONLY ONE DETAILED COMMENT ON THE PAPER IN SECOND TUR: THE OPENING PARAGRAPH IS SLIGHTLY INACCURATE. THE 17TH SESSION OF THE IPFC WAS HELD IN NOVEMBER 1976. THE CHANGE OF TITLE WAS APPROVED BY THE 72ND SESSION OF THE FAO COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER 1977. WE ARE OTHERWISE CONTENT WITH THE TEXT.
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YOU WILL BE INTERESTED IN THE ODA VIEW THAT THE IPFC INCORPORATES A NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS WHICH ARE DUPLICATED BY OTHER INTERNATIONAL OR INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS AND COULD BE MORE APPROPRIATELY FOCUSED. HOWEVER, THE SOUTH CHINA SEA COMMITTEE AND SCORRAD ARE TWO COMMITTEES WHICH ARE LONG ESTABLISHED AND FULLY EFFECTIVE, WHICH DO NOT CREATE PARTICULAR OVERLAP AND WHICH DEAL WITH MATTERS OF SIGNIFICANT REGIONAL IMPORTANCE. THE ODA THEREFORE AGREE THAT THERE IS EVERY JUSTIFICATION FOR CONTINUING YOUR CLOSE INVOLVEMENT.
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3. YOU MAY ALSO BE AWARE THAT THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT CHINA INTENDS TO JOIN THE IPFC AT SOME UNDEFINED DATE IN THE FUTURE.
4. WE SHALL REVERT ON YOUR TELNO 1072 SHORTLY.
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