RESTRICTED
A R Paul Esq
FED
FCO
Dalla
HICHT
34411
KO,
British Embassy PEKING
28 August 1981
RECEIVED IN RECASTRY RO. 51
CHINESE VISA OFFICE
1.
0 4 SEP 1981
DESK OFFICER INDEX
PA
REGISTRY Action Taken
CC HKG D
PGO 1019
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As foreshadowed in our telno 555 I enclose
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copies of a menorandum in both Chinese and English, handed see (16)
to me by Consular Department this morning and claimed by them to be the same as the draft which Michael Atkinson handed to them on 20 August. In haste to catch the bag
WITH
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2.
I have not been able to go over the texts in detail. However, the Chinese now say that they do not wish to insist upon the amendment proposed in ourtelno 543 They will be happy whether
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or not we can agree to that amendment (69
Consular Department are pressing us very hard for an early conclusion of the agreement, by an exchange of memoranda as in our telno 543 paragraph 2. Grateful therefore for instructions as soon as possible.
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Yours
Bob
R N Peirce
cc (with encs)
R P Margolis Esq APA
HONG KONG
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