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FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 714
OF 290915Z APRIL 92
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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 1014 AND OUR TELNO 514: MARITIME TERRORISM CONVENTION
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THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS IN FIRST TUR.
WE STILL BELIEVE THAT THE LANGUAGE WE PUT FORWARD IN SECOND TUR (PARA 1) FITS BETTER WITH THE CONVENTION. IF THERE IS A RISK THAT TO DEPLOY THIS MIGHT LEAD TO THE UNRAVELLING OF THE AGREEMENT REACHED WITH THE CHINESE SIDE, WE CAN LIVE WITH THE WORDS APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY': BUT IF THERE IS A CHANCE TO DROP ''APPROPRIATE'' THIS WOULD BE PREFERABLE. IT APPEARS FROM FIRST TUR PARA 3 THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO PRESENT THE DROPPING OF ''APPROPRIATE'' TO THE CHINESE.
TO THE CHINESE. IF THIS WORKS, IT WOULD BE A MORE SATISFACTORY ALTERNATIVE.
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WE HAVE NOT/NOT PUT THIS LANGUAGE TO THE IMO SECRETARIAT. IF THEY WERE TO OBJECT TO THE PROPOSAL OF **APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY'' THIS LANGUAGE SHOULD CERTAINLY BE DROPPED AND THE PROPOSAL WE MADE IN SECOND TUR PARA 1 SHOULD BE ADOPTED INSTEAD.
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