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FROM PEKING 03083OZ DEC 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2874 OF 3/12/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
FUTURE EGRET:
HONG KONG TEL NO 3619 TO YOU:
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT:
HUK 040/52
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY'
03 DEC 1984
SPEECH IN HONG KONG
#FICER
PA
JAVE HA
STRY Action Taken
11 HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON THE SUGGESTED PASSAGE
FOR INSERTION IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH IN HONG KONG
TUR:
(A) PARAGRAPH 9: THE STRONG IMPLICATION IN THIS PARAGRAPH AS PRESENTLY DRAFTED IS THAT WE WERE ACTIVELY
INVOLVED IN THE DRAFTING OF ANNEX 1.
ALTHOUGH THIS REFLECTS REALITY, THE CHINESE WILL
CONTINUE TO BE SENSITIVE TO ANY SUGGESTION IN PUBLIC
THAT ANNEX 1 IS ANYTHING OTHER THAN A GRATUITOUS
ELABORATION OF PARAGRAPH 3 IN THE JOINT DECLARATION.
Į THEREFORE SUGGEST:
(1) THAT THE THIRD SENTENCE BE AMENDED TO:
''THEY WANTED TO BE ASSURED THAT THEIR INVESTMENTS WOULD BE PROTECTED, THEIR SOURCES OF SUPPLY REMAIN RELIABLE,
AND
THEIR FREEDOM TO MOVE FUNDS IN AND OUT REMAIN UNTRAMMELLED.''
(11) DELETION OF THE SIXTH SENTENCE ( IT IS NO ACCIDENT
ECONOMIC RELATIONS""). CHINESE SESIBILITIES APART, THIS
SENTENCE RATHER SUGGESTS THAT WE WERE MORE CONCERNED WITH
ECONOMIC MATTERS RATHER THAN WITH EG HUMAN RIGHTS OR NATIONALITY.
(E) PARAGRAPH 10: THE SECOND SENTENCE TOUCHES ON
THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF THE AGREEMENT.
IN ORDER TO MINIMISE THE CHANCE OF ANY ADVERSE PUBLIC
COMMENT FROM THE CHINESE, I WOULD PREFER THIS SENTENCE (''THERE IS OF COURSE.... ASPECTS OF THE AGREEMENT'')
TO BE DELETED.
CONFIDENTIAL
/WE.