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INFO TELELETTER SEOUL, PEKING, UKMIS VIENNA, UKMIS NEW YORK
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GL MINTER, COMMERCIAL AND ECONOMIC SECTION TCF FLEAR ESQ MVO, SPD, FCO
D GORDON-MACLEOD ESQ, NPDD
G GIBSON ESQ, FED
MD REILLY ESQ, SEOUL CHANCERY, PEKING
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To note that Mr. Keating did not have time to speak to the Chinese about HK Consitutional matters.
AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER'S VISITS TO KOREA AND CHINA
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AUSTRALIANS BRIEF EC MISSIONS ON MR KEATING'S VISITS TO KOREA CHINA. STRONG EMPHASIS ON BILATERAL AND REGIONAL TRADE ISSUES. AUSTRALIANS SATISFIED WITH RESULTS.
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2. GYNGELL, FIRST ASSISTANT SECRETARY CAUS EQUIVALENT) AT THE
DEPARTMENT OF PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, BRIEFED EC MISSIONS ON 2
JULY ABOUT MR KEATING'S VISIT TO KOREA (REPORTED IN REILLY'S
TELELETTER OF 24 JUNE TO GIBSON) AND CHINA. GYNGELL, WHO ACCOMPANIED MR KEATING ON BOTH VISITS, SAID THAT THIS HAD BEEN KEATING'S FOURTH OVERSEAS VISIT AS PRIME MINISTER, ALL OF WHICH HAD BEEN TO THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION. KOREA AND CHINA WERE AUSTRALIA'S
FIFTH AND NINTH LARGEST TRADING PARTNERS RESPECTIVELY. THE FOCUS OF BOTH VISITS HAD THEREFORE BEEN HEAVILY ECONOMIC, CONCENTRATING ON BILATERAL AND REGIONAL TRADE ISSUES.
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3. ON BILATERAL TRADE, THE AUSTRALIANS HAD RAISED WITH THE KOREANS RESTRICTIONS ON MARKET ACCESS FOR AUSTRALIAN BEEF AND OTHER
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS BUT GYNGELL SAID THIS HAD BEEN QUOTE QUIETLY DONE UNQUOTE. IN RETURN, THE KOREANS HAD RAISED QUOTE EQUALLY
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