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(E) ZHOU SAID THAT, AFTER CAREFUL D CONSIDERATION AND TAKING INTOV WITH THE BRITISH SIDE OVER THE COMPOSITION OF THE LIST, THE
INVITATIONS WOULD BE ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG AND MACAO OFFICE OF THE STATE COUNCIL. PHYSICALLY, THE INVITATIONS WOULD BE SENT VIA HONG KONG NCNA OFFICE. CHINA WOULD ISSUE THE INVITATIONS AS THE
HOST COU TRY.
(F) ZHOU SAID THAT THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD CHARTER AN AIRCRAFT TO TRANSPORT THOSE INVITED TO ATTEND THE CERQMON PO AND FROM PEKING. THEY ENVISAGED THE OBSERVERS LEAVING HONG KONG ON THE AFTERNOON OF 18 DE EMBER AND RETURNING FROM PEKING TO HONG KONG ON THE
MORNING OF 20 DECEMBER.
2. UNDERTOOK TO REPORT. I SAID THAT, ALTHOUGH I HAD NOT HAD TIME TO STUDY THE LIST, I NOTICED THAT AT LEAST WO OF THE PERSONS INCLUDED WERE FROM MACAO AND WONDERED WHY. ZHOU SAID THAT HONG KONG AND MACAN WERE CLOSELY CONNECTED. CERTAIN NOTABLES IN MACAO WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF BOTH HONG KONG AND MACAO. THEY WOULD BE INVITED IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES. HE ASKED IF WE WOULD OBJECT TO SUCH INVITATIONS. SAND THAT WAS PERSONALLY SURPRISED TO SEE THEIR NAMES INCLUDED.
3.1 ASKED ZHOU HOW HE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE DISCUSSION OF THE INVITATIONS FORWARD. HE REPEATED HIS EARLIER ASSERTIONS ABOUT WHAT G HAD SAID ABOUT THE NUMBER OF BRITISH SUGGESTIONS FOR
INVITATHOWS. HE SAID HE WAS UNCLEAR IF THE REMAINING INDIVIDUALS WHOM WE HAD IN MIND WERE ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE CHINESE LIST AS VWE HAD NOT SO FAR IDENTIFIED THEO. IF THEY HAD BEEN OMITTED@ WE COULD PUT THEIR NAMES FORWARD FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. 4 TOLD ZHOU THAT I WANTED TO MAKE TWO POINTS ABOUT MY EARLIER COMMENTS (PARAGRAPH 4 OF MY TELNO 2859) CLEAR:
(A) HAD BEEN SPEAKING PERSONALLY,
(B) THE FIGURES HAD SUGGESTED HAD BEEN IN RELATION ONLY TO UMELCO UNOFFICIALS, NOT THE WHOLE OF HONG KONG SOCIZTY.
1 SAID THAT THERE WERE TWO PRINCIPLES WHICH WE WISHED TO SEE R
RESPECTED:
(A) HONG KONG REPRESENTATION SHOULD BE BALANCED,
(B) THERE SHOULD BE CONSULTATION BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES OVER
TIE LIST.
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