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4 April 1984
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RJT McLaren Esq CMG
Political Adviser
HONG KONG
Dear Robin,
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MR EDMUND LAU
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1. Mr Edmund Law of the Hong Kong and Yaumatei Ferry Company called on David Wilson on 2 April during the course of a business trip to London.
2.
Lau said that he had been told by Li Shuwen of the NCNA that the Chinese were looking for a generalised agreement which would lay out the 12 point plan with some elaboration on certain aspects such as freedom of travel and the possibility of BDTCS retaining their passports after 1997.
Lau said that he had replied by
telling Li that it was essential that any agreement should contain a great deal of detail. He told Wilson that he had earlier drafted a Charter for Hong Kong at the request of Liao Chengzi. He thought that something on these lines would be necessary.
3. Wilson told Lau that it was most important that the Chinese should realise that an agreement must contain sufficient detail and sufficient commitment to be convincing to business opinion in Hong Kong and worldwide.
Juus
Dick
R D Clift
Hong Kong Department
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