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FM FCO 261615Z APRIL 79
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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (GOVERNOR AND BCARFE)
TELEGRAM NUMBER 230 OF 26 APRIL
INFO ROUTINE PEKING
YOUR TELS NOS 481 AND 488: UK/PRC AIR SERVICES
DISCUSSIONS.
AKK 1984/2
RATED JE TO MRY AG.
30 APR 1979
PA
No | J304
See /42
1. WE REGRET MISPRINT OF NAME IN LAST SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH
1 OF OUR TELNO 229: WE INTENDED TO ASK FOR YOUR CONFIRMATION
OF KEEP'S PARTICIPATION NOT NOLAN'S.
2. THE TALKS HAVE ONLY BEEN DESCRIBED AS TECHNICAL TO DIFFERENTIATE
THEM FROM THE EARLIER DISCUSSIONS ON PURELY POLITICAL ISSUES. THEY WILL COVER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES AS WELL AS THE PROPOSAL
OF TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO UPDATE THE INITIALLED ASA TEXT.
3. WE SUGGEST THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR KEEP TO
PARTICIPATE AND IT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING FROM ROGERS'
DISCUSSIONS IN HONG KONG IN FEBRUARY THAT YOU HAD AGREED THAT HE SHOULD DO SO. MOREOVER, THERE WILL NOW BE SOME OVERLAP WITH TALKS WITH MALAYSIA IN LONDON WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE FROM
29 MAY AND YOU WILL PRESUMABLY WISH LATHAM TO BE YOUR SEPRESENTATIVE AT THEM. WE HOPE THEREFORE THAT YOU WILL CONFIRM
KEEP'S PARTICIPATION IN PEKING.
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HK & GD
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MISS BROWN MR MURRAY
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