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FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1703
OF 21/11/85
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY - 4 DEC 1985
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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Redacted under FOI exemption sections. 23 or 24.
AND A SUGGESTION THAT MUCH MIGHT BE GAINED
BY ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN A MEMBER OF THIS
EMBASSY AND A CHINESE OFFICIAL CONCERNED WITH HONG KONG.
2. I TAKE IT THAT WE ALL STILL FAVOUR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LESS
FORMAL LINKS BETWEEN THE EMBASSY AND THE HKMO OF THE MFA AND, IF POSSIBLE THE HKMO OF THE STATE COUNCIL, EVEN IF WE CONTEMPLATE
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DIALOGUE ABOUT REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN
HONG KONG. ALTHOUGH WE CANNOT BE SURE THAT THE VIEW OF THE AUTHOR
OF THE SUGGESTION IS SHARED IN PEKING, I SEE MERIT IN THE IDEA
OF WILSON SUGGESTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMAL CONTACT BETWEEN
THE EMBASSY AND THE CHINESE SIDE** TO KE ZAISHUO (AND PERHAPS
ZHENG WEIRONG) NEXT WEEK. THOMSON WOULD, I THINK, BE THE RIGHT
PERSON IN THE EMBASSY TO MAINTAIN SUCH CONTACTS.
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