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3. I HAVE ALSO SPOKEN TO MY AMERICAN COLLEAGUE WHO THINKS HIS INSTRUCTIONS ARE LIKELY TO BE VERY RESERVED. THE US ARE NOT KEEN TO ENHANCE CHINA'S STATUS GIVEN CONCERNS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS, SALE OF MISSILE TECHNOLOGY AND UNHELPFULNESS OVER NORTH KOREA. OTHER DELEGATIONS HERE, WHILST INTERESTED IN CHINA'S ECONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE, SEEM IN NO GREAT HURRY TO ESTABLISH A FORMAL DIALOGUE.
4. THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF INTEREST FROM CHINA ITSELF (EXCEPT FOR THE ACADEMIC CONTACTS MENTIONED IN PARA ONE ABOVE). IN FEBRUARY 1992 CHINA ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO ATTEND THE AD HOC PRODUCER/CONSUMER MEETING OF OECD'S SISTER ORGANISAATION, THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY, BUT FAILED TO TURN UP.
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THE JAPANESE SUGGESTION (FIRST PARAGRAPH OF TUR) THAT OECD MIGHT UNDERTAKE A DETAILED STUDY OF THE CHINA ECONOMY WOULD BE EXPENSIVE IF IT MEANT A FULL EDRC STUDY. BUT THE JAPANESE DELEGATION ARE AIMING FOR SOMETHING MORE MODEST. INCIDENTALLY THE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE HAVE AGREED TO INCLUDE IN THEIR 1994 WORK PROGRAMME A SHORT-TERM STUDY OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF GUANDONG PROVINCE AND THE ROLE OF HONG KONG IN STIMULATING THAT DEVELOPMENT IN SUBSTITUTION FOR THEIR EARLIER PROPOSAL TO WHICH HONG KONG OBJECTED CHONG KONG TELEGRAM NO 477 REFERS).
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WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHAT LINE TO TAKE IN RELATION TO THE HONG KONG WORKSHOP PROPOSAL NOW BEING INFORMALLY ADVOCATED BY THE JAPANESE AND WHICH MAY BE FORMALLY PROPOSED BY THEM AT THE 7 MAY MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN SPECIAL SESSION (ECSS). THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S DRAFT SYNTHESIS PAPER ALSO INDICATES THAT OECD'S RELATIONS WITH CHINA MAY BE A MATTER OF DISCUSSION AT THE 2/3 JUNE OECD MINISTERIAL COUNCIL.
7. FCO PLEASE PASS TO ACKROYD, MRED/ODA: CHAKRABARTI, APD/ODA: AND COOKE AND FLETCHER, DTI.
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