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FUTURE EGRET
FM HONG KONG 12110OZ NOV 84
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3452 OF 12 NOVEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
MY TELNO 3451 : FUTURE EGRET : SIGNATURE CEREMONY.
1. MY VIEWS ON ZHOU NAN'S IDEAS ON THE PRESENCE OF HONG KONG FIGURES AT THE SIGNATURE CEREMONY ARE IN MY TUR.
2. YOU WILL ALSO WISH TO GIVE SOME THOUGHT TO HONG KONG PARTICIPATION IN THE OFFICIAL DELEGATION AT THE CEREMONY. SUBJECT TO THE AMBASSADOR'S VIEWS, IT SEEMS TO ME HIGHLY PROBABLE THAT THE CHINESE WILL ARRANGE FOR ALL THOSE OFFICIALS WHO TOOK PART IN THE PLENARY TALKS ON THEIR SIDE TO BE PRESENT. IT ALSO SEEMS LIKELY THAT THEY WILL INCLUDE CHINESE MEMBERS OF THE WORKING AND AD HOC GROUPS WHO DID NOT TAKE PART IN THE FORMAL TALKS.
3. ON THE BASIS I WOULD SEE ADVANTAGE IN INCLUDING THE HONG KONG MEMBERS OF THE TWO GROUPS IN THE BRITISH DELEGATION (I ASSUME THAT MINISTER'S WOULD IN ANY CASE WISH ME AND THE POLITICAL ADVISER TO BE PRESENT). I WOULD ALSO LIKE DAVIES TO BE THERE, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS KEY ROLE IN PROVIDING SUPPORT IN HONG KONG THROUGHOUT THE TALKS.
4. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE FOR THE AMBASSADOR TO SOUND OUT CHINESE INTENTIONS REGARDING THE COMPOSITION OF THEIR DELEGATION.
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