ADVOCATING PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENTS: THE ISSUE SHOULD BE SOLVED TH THE JLG. I OFFERED PRELIMINARY COMMENTS.
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A. PRELIMINARIES
2. KE REFERRED TO THE FIVE AGREED' AGENDA ITEMS AND SUGGESTED THAT WE BEGIN WITH DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG. I SAID THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME LOGIC IN BEGINNING WITH SUBJECTS LEFT OVER FROM THE FIRST MEETING, BUT I WAS PREPARED TO BE FLEXIBLE AND COULD AGREE TO THE CHINESE PREFERENCE.
3. I THEN NOTED WITH SATISFACTION THE CONTACTS PETWEEN JLG MEMBERS WHICH HAD TAKEN PLACE BETWEEN THE TWO JLG MEETINGS: THIS SYSTEM HAD WORKED WELL. THE EXCHANGES WHICH HAD TAKEN PLACE HAD BEEN
VALUABLE.
4. REFERRING TO THE AGREEMENT AT THE FIRST MEETING ON THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB), I TOLD KE WE WERE SEEKING PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY TO GUARANTEE HONG KONG'S PARTICIPATION IN THE ADB'S THIRD GENERAL CAPITAL INCREASE. ONCE THIS HAD BEEN RECEIVED WE SHOULD WRITE TO THE BANK'S SECRETARIAT CONFIRMING PARLIAMENTARY AGREEMENT AND HONG KONG'S WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE THIRD GCI. THIS ISSUE REPRESENTED THE JLG'S FIRST SUCCESS.
5.. KE SAID THAT AGREEMENT ON THE ADB HAD BEEN A GOOD OMEN. IF WE WORKED CLOSELY IN A SPIRIT OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION MORE MORE RESULTS WOULD FOLLOW. HE WAS GRATEFUL FOR MY COOPERATION OVER "THE ORDER IN WHICH SUBJECTS WOULD BE TAKEN AT THIS MEETING.
B. REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
6. KE THEN REFERRED TO THE EXCHANGES WHICH HAD ALREADY TAKEN PLACE BETWEEN THE MFA AND THE EMBASSY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: HE DID NOT PROPOSE TO REPEAT DETAILS. HE REFERRED TO OUR OFFER OF AN ORAL BRIEFING AND INVITED ME TO MAKE MY STATEMENT.
MY FIRST INTERVENTION
7. I THEN SPOKE FROM THE PREPARED SPEAKING NOTE (FCO TELNO 1822 TO HONG KONG AS SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED DURING DISCUSSIONS IN HONG KONG COPY OF FULL TEXT OF SPEAKING NOTE 10 HKD BY BAG, IN SUMMARY MAKING THE FOLLOWING POINTS: