TNAG-2917-FCO40-4192-International-support-from-Australasia-regarding-the-future--1993 — Page 118

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011240

MDLIAN 9326

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FM SEOUL

TO ROUTINE FCO

TELNO 217

OF 270647Z APRIL 93

INFO ROUTINE WELLINGTON, HONG KONG, PEKING, ACTOR

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WELLINGTON TELNO 147: BRIEFING ON HONG KONG

1.

SEEN FROM HERE, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF BOLGER WERE TO RAISE THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG DURING HIS VISIT HERE NEXT MONTH. THIS NEED NOT BE DONE IN ANY WAY WHICH MIGHT FUEL CHINESE SENSITIVITIES ABOUT AN INTERNATIONAL CONSPIRACY BUT SHOULD BE SEEN AS PART OF A WIDER

EFFORT TO MAKE KOREA MORE AWARE OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD. AS THE

FOREIGN MINISTER TOLD THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHEN HE WAS HERE EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE NEW KOREAN GOVERNMENT IS TAKING GREATER INTEREST IN GLOBAL AFFAIRS. IT IS IN OUR INTERESTS TO ENCOURAGE THAT AND INCREASED KOREAN AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HONG KONG

TO THE REGION WOULD BE A GOOD STARTING POINT.

WRIGHT

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HKD

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CFSP UNIT

SIR J COLES

MR MASEFIELD

MR HUM

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HKD 02.1

30 APK 1993

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