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FM PEKING 250715Z AUG 81

TO PRIORITY F C O

TELNO 543 25/8

RPTD INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG.

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Should be copied to RLND and to hegal Advise. 2 tufnar-pl char

quickly with hojal

Hiere 349/1

RECEIVED IN SAVSTRY NO. 51

2 7 AUG 1981

DESK OFFICER INDEX

REGISTRY

Action Taken

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Adviser.

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165

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48/50

MY TELNO 539: CHINESE VISA OFFICE

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PGD 1014

1. ZHANG ZHENKAI (SECTION HEAD, CONSULAR DEPARTMENT) CALLED PEIRCE IN ON 25 AUGUST TO DISCUSS OUR LATEST REDRAFT. HE

PROPOSED ONLY ONE CHANGE IE THAT SECTION || PAR A 3 SHOULD BECOME A NEW SECTION 111 AND THAT THE PRESENT SECTION 111 SHOULD BECOME SECTION IV. THE CHINESE HAD NO OTHER DIFFICULTIES

WITH OUR TEXT.

2. ZHANG PROPOSED THAT THE AGREEMENT SHOULD BE MADE BY AN

EXCHANGE OF MEMOR ANDA. THE CHINESE MEMORANDUM WOULD USE THE

TEXT NOW UNDER DISCUSSION WHEN IT HAD BEEN AGREED. THE

EMBASSY SHOULD SEND A MEMORANDUM USING THE TEXT OF OUR

DRAFT MEMORANDUM OF 19 JUNE 1981. (THE CHINESE MEMORANDUM WOULD REFER TO OUR MEMORANDUM OF 19 JUNE, WHICH NOW ONLY EXISTS AS A DRAFT).

COMMENT

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So- don chi present a problem?

3. THE PROPOSED CHINESE AMENDMENT ABOVE SEEMS REASONABLE. IT DOES

NOT, I THINK, EXPOSE US TO THE DANGER IN PARA 2 OF YOUR TELNO 650 TO HONG KONG. WE HOPE THEREFORE THAT WE MAY HAVE EARLY

INSTRUCTIONS TO AGREE TO THE CHINESE PROPOSAL AND TO PROCEED

TOWARDS AN AGREEMENT ON THE LINES OF PARAGRAPH 2 ABOVE.

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ATKINSON

LIMITED HK&GD

FED

MR DONALD

THIS TELEGRAM

WAS NOT ADVANCED

COPIES TO:-

HKGO LONDON

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