TNAG-2487-FCO40-3618-Future-relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-China-1992 — Page 104

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SUMMARY

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INSTRUCTIONS TO FOLLOW EXAMPLE OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN ASKING FRY TO APPLY ANEW FOR MEMBERSHIP AND SUSPEND IT FROM PARTICIPATION IN UN BODIES. ACTION TO BE COORDINATED WITH EC PARTNERS. NO HURRY.

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FOLLOWING THE DECISION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THERE WILL BE PRESSURE FROM SOME PARTNERS TO TAKE SWIFT ACTION TO SUSPEND THE FRY FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE SPECIALISED AGENCIES AND OTHER UN BODIES. BUT THE DECISION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS NO DIRECT EFFECT FOR OTHER UN ORGANISATIONS. THE NATURE OF ACTION IN EACH AGENCY WILL DEPEND IN PART UPON THE INDIVIDUAL CONSTITUTIONS, ALTHOUGH WE SHOULD LIKE TO SEE IT FOLLOW THE MODEL SET BY THE ASSEMBLY AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. GIVEN THAT THE CONSTITUTIONS MAY NOT COVER THE TYPE OF ACTION TAKEN BY THE GA, YOU WILL NEED TO STRESS TO DOUBTERS, AS WE HAVE DONE IN NEW YORK, THE EXCEPTIONAL NATURE OF THE SITUATION. BUT WE ARE NOT IN ANY HURRY TO REMOVE THE FRY FROM OTHER UN BODIES. OVERLY HASTY ACTION MAY CAUSE FURTHER DAMAGE TO PANIC AND LEAD THE SERBS TO SEE THE UK, AS PRESIDENCY, AS THE INSPIRATION BEHIND A CAMPAIGN OF INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION.

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IN THE FIRST INSTANCE, YOU SHOULD SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE AGENCIES' LEGAL DEPARTMENTS ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE GENERAL

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