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TO IMMEDIATE FCO
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR POLITICAL ADVISER)
PERSONAL FOR SIR PERCY CRADOCK
FUTURE EGRET: HONG KONG TELNO 3662: JOINT LIAISON GROUP
1. I AGREE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S VIEWS ON THE LEADERSHIP OF THE GROUP AND ON REPRESENTATION FROM HONG KONG, LONDON AND PEKING (I SUGGEST THOMSON AS THE EMBASSY'S REPRESENTATIVE).
2. ANNEX 11 CLEARLY STATES THAT EACH SIDE ENJOYS THE RIGHT TO ''DESIGNATE'' ITS FIVE MEMBERS. DURING THE NEGOTIATION OF THAT TEXT, THE CHINESE WERE SPECIFICALLY TOLD THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE RESERVED THE RIGHT TO APPOINT THOSE HONG KONG OFFICIALS HE MOST CONSIDERED QUALIFIED, REGARDLESS OF THEIR NATIONALITY (MY TELNO 1674). NEVERTHELESS, THINK WE CAN EXPECT THE CHINESE TO CAVIL AT THE PARTICIPATION OF HONG KONG CHINESE AS EXPERTS (OR EVEN AS MEMBERS OF SPECIALIST SUB-GROUPS).
3. AGREE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S COMMENTS IN PARAGRAPH 5.
4. A SUBJECT WE OUGHT PERHAPS TO CONSIDER AT THE SAME TIME IS THE COMPOSITION OF THE LAND COMMISSION. THE COMMISSION WILL BE ESTABLISHED QUOTE IMMEDIATELY UNQUOTE ON ENTRY INTO FORCE (THERE IS NO QUOTE IMMEDIATELY UNQUOTE IN PARA 8 OF ANNEX 1, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP).
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SIR P CRADOCK