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FM PEKING 270005Z JAN 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 147 OF 27 JANUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG AND CANBERRA
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FOLLOWING FROM GOVERNOR
FUTURE OF HONG KONG: VISIT OF AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER
TO CHINA
1. MR HAWKE WILL BE LUNCHING WITH ME ON MONDAY 30 JANUARY BEFORE GOING TO PEKING.
2. UNLESS IT HAS PROVED POSSIBLE TO BRIEF HIM BEFORE HIS
(2) DEPARTURE FROM CANBERRA (YOUR TELNO 3 TO CANBERRAIT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF I WERE TO BRING HIM UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST ROUND OF THE TALKS. I WOULD DO SO IN GENERAL TERMS, BRINGING OUT THE POINTS THAT:
(A) THERE WAS FURTHER USEFUL DISCUSSION ON POINTS RAISED IN THE VARIOUS WORKING PAPERS WE HAD PRESENOED TO THE CHINESE, INCLUDING THOSE DEALING WITH THE LEGAL AND MONETARY SYSTEMS AND THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS. THIS WAS GENERALLY ENCOURAGING: THE CHINESE CONFIRMED MANY POINTS WE REGARD AS IMPORTANT THOUGH THERE ARE SOME WE WILL NEED TO PURSUE FURTHER.
(B) THE CHINESE SHOWED CONCERN TO ACCELERATE THE DISCUSSIONS, MENTIONING THEIR WISH TO HAVE A JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT IN SEPTEMBER IN THAT CONTEXT. WE UNDERTOOK TO WORK AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BUT STRESSED THE COMPLEXITY OF THE AREAS STILL TO BE COVERED AND THE NED TO GET THINGS RIGHT.
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