CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 625
OF 0814OOZ APRIL 92
CONFIDENTIAL
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INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG, PEKING
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OUR TELNO 610: HMOCS: CONSULTATIONS: OPENING STATEMENT
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ACTION TAKEN IN HONG KONG ON 7 APRIL. HMOCS REPRESENTATIVES APPRECIATIVE AND SATISFIED WITH TIMETABLE FOR CONSULTATION BUT OFFER NO IMMEDIATE REACTION ON SUBSTANCE. A MARKER ON PENSIONS.
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COX (HKD) TOOK ACTION IN HONG KONG ON 7 APRIL WITH THE CHAIRMAN (CARTLAND) AND VICE-CHAIRMAN (BIRCH) OF THE ASSOCIATION OF HMOCS OFFICERS. HE SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED IN TUR. GARRETT (UKREP JLG) ALSO ATTENDED THE MEETING: COX EXPLAINED THAT AS HE WAS IN HONG KONG ALONE HE HAD ASKED GARRETT AS A COLLEAGUE TO TAKE A NOTE OF THE MEETING, IE HE WAS PRESENT AS A MEMBER OF HM DIPLOMATIC SERVICE, NOT/NOT AS A MEMBER OF THE JLG OFFICE.
3. ON DISTRIBUTION OF THE STATEMENT, COX CONFIRMED THAT WE REGARDED THE HMOCS ASSOCIATION AS OUR PARTNER IN THESE CONSULTATIONS. HE IMAGINED THAT THE ASSOCIATION WOULD WISH TO
SEND COPIES OF THE STATEMENT TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION, BUT
IN ANY CASE WE WOULD ASK HKG TO SEND COPIES ON OUR BEHALF TO ALL HMOCS OFFICERS AND, THROUGH THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE AND POLICE, TO DRAW IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THOSE CONTRACT OFFICERS WHO HAD THE OPTION TO TRANSFER TO PENSIONABLE TERMS AND TO APPLY FOR ENROLMENT IN HMOCS. CARTLAND SAID THAT IF HKG WERE SENDING OUT COPIES, THE ASSOCIATION WOULD NOT DUPLICATE THE EFFORT. HE THOUGHT WE COULD EXPECT AN AVALANCHE OF INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS.
4. CARTLAND SAID THE ASSOCIATION WOULD WISH TO STUDY THE STATEMENT BEFORE REACTING. BUT HE WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE EFFORTS THAT HAD GONE INTO ACHIEVING RECENT PROGRESS. HE WELCOMED THE PROPOSED TIMETABLE FOR CONSULTATIONS. FOR THE MEETINGS IN THE WEEK OF 4 MAY THE ASSOCIATION WOULD WISH TO FIELD A FOUR-MAN
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