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FM PEKING 200645Z JUL 61
TO ROUTINE FCO
REGISTRY
Action Taka
TELNO 517 OF 20 JULY 1981.,
AND SAVING TO HONG KONG.
OUR TELNO 446:
1.
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Phas 271
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will be vital. We will need to
see the texts arming by bay too. The Chimen proposal tothe possible
CHINESE VISA OFFICE.
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I WAS CALLED IN ON 20 JULY BY NIE GONGCHENG, DIRECTOR the previous pp
preparatio
81 OF CONSULAR DEPARTMENT. NIE SAID THAT HIS DEPARTMENT HAD
STUDIED CAREFULLY THE MEMORANDUM WHICH GALSWORTHY HAND OVER ON Male in 19 JUNE. THE MEMORANDUM SHOWED THAT WE HAD MADE A SERIOUS STUDY OF THE MATTER FOLLOWING YOUR VISIT. THE MFA APPRECIATED THE EFFORTS WE HAD MADE ON TWO POINTS COMISSION OF THE PHRASE **BETWEEN CHINA AND HONG KONG'' FROM PARAGRAPH 1(1) AND OF CLAUSE 5(C) ABOUT NCNA) AND HAD REGARDED OUR NEW DRAFT MEMORANDUM AS A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT.
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2. NIE NOTED THAT THERE WERE STILL DIFFERENCES OF VIEW ON SOME POINTS. THE VISA OFFICE WAS A NEW THING TO BOTH SIDES AND IT WAS ONLY NATURAL THAT THERE SHOULD BE SUCH DIFFERENCES. NIE WISHED TO PROPOSE, AS A WAY FORWARD, THAT WE SHOULD AGREE A MEMORANDUM WHICH CONFIRMED THE POINTS ON WHICH BOTH SIDES WERE AGREED, AND NOTED THE POINTS NOT YET AGREED. THE VISA OFFICE SHOULD BE ESTABLISHED FIRST, AND THE OUTSTANDING POINTS SHOULD BE DISCUSSED AFTERWARDS. NIE HANDED ME A COPY OF SUCH A MEMORANDUM AND, LATER, OF AN ALTERNATIVE MEMORANDUM WHICH NOTES ONLY THE POINTS ALREADY AGREED AND A SEPARATE NOTE COVERING THE POINTS STILL TO BE DISCUSSED, NIE SAID THAT HIS DEPARTMENT PREFERRED THE FIRST FORMAT. COPIES OF BOTH DRAFTS FOLLOW BY TODAY'S BAG.
3. I SAID AS A PERSONAL PRELIMINARY VIEW, THAT IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO AGREE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VISA OFFICE WHILE SOME (ADMITTEDLY RELATIVELY MINOR) POINTS WERE NOT AGREED. NIE REPLIED THAT WHEN THE VISA OFFICE WAS ESTABLISHED AND BEFORE THE FINAL AGREEMENT ON THE OUTSTANDING POINTS WAS REACHED, THE VISA OFFICE WOULD ACT ACCORDING TO OUR DRAFT MEMORANDUM, E.G. TAXES WOULD BE PAID.
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