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2. OMAR 19/7
LESK OFFICER
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David Wyatt Esq.,
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FSR 3164
1 March 1979
Mr Hayward, FED Mr Willian fomn, HKGD. p.a.
MAED
FCO
Great George St.
HEE 1951
Qura
RALLIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 2 1 MAR 1979
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Dear Dave's
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UK/CHINA MARITIME AGREEMENT
As arranged I attach a draft brief for the Embassy in Peking to use in discussion with the Ministry of Communications about the resumption of negotiations of a Maritime Agreement.
The brief consists of a background note and line to take. Although the background note refers to all the issues which arose. in the earlier negotiations it goes into detail only on the two major ones namely Hong Kong and flag discrimination. The line to take is in fact more a speaking note. It is a very clear attempt to pick up the pieces. An alternative would be not to link the discussion too directly with the earlier negotiations, which might lead the Chinese to go over their papers and create difficulties which might otherwise be avoided. On balance I think it is probably inevitable that the Chinese will do this but it may be that an approach which as it were starts from scratch, or appears to, would be preferable. +
In order to keep up the momentum, I think it is essential to get the brief off by this Friday's bag. Finally I will let you have shortly a draft of the negotiating options paper referred to in my minute of 6 March.
Yours ever,
Rog
R J BROWN.
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+ Thee is also the point. about the other md-registers
Spole
on which we
M S Morris, A J Pryor SPD,DoT
C S Priston CRE4,DoT
by
relephone
Discussed with No Masefield
and No Wyatt. DOT will send the drift frief to Pelving for comments, but with out a line to take at this stage. The brief ver difficult to follow... 124/3
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