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HONG KONG TELNO 2555: JLGT REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT,
INDE.
26 NOV 1985
1. I AGREE WITH THE GOVERNOR THAT IT IS NOT CLEAR WHY THE CHINESE HAVE COME TO THE BOIL NOW.
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2. SO MUCH SAID, I BELIEVE THAT THE CHINESE ARE AT LEAST AS MUCH CONCERNE WITH DIRECTION AS WITH PACE (PARAGRAPH 3 OF TUP). THEY ARE WORRIED I THINK, THAT THE LOCOMOTIVE WILL INDEED FIND ITSELF IN 1997 ON A TRACK DIFFERENT FROM THE ONE ON WHICH THEY
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WOULD LIKE IT TO BE SEMICOLON AND ON WHICH THEY PLAN TO PLACE IT IN THE BASIC LAW.
3. 1 HAVE NO OBJECTION TO MY BEING INSTRUCTED TO MAKE THE POINTS IN PARAGRAPH 7 OF TUR (IN ADDITION TO THOSE IN YOUR TELNO 1798).
IN THIS CONNEXION, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT I WILL BE MEETING ZHOU NAN, ALTHOUGH NOT IN A CONTEXT APPROPRIATE FOR A FORMAL EXCHANGE
AT A DINNER PARTY TO BE GIVEN BY THE BELGIAN AMBASSADOR ON 17 NOVEMBER.
4. THE TRICK WILL BE TO CONVINCE THE CHINESE THAT FORMAL DISCUSSION OF THE SUBJECT IN THE JLG, NOW OR HEREAFTER, WOULD INDEED BE DAMAGING TO CONFIDENCE (AND SO TO STABILITY AND PROSPERITY) IN HONG KONG AND THAT WE HAVE NO ULTERIOR MOTIVE IN RELATION TO THE
NOT BE EASY SEMICOLON PRESERVATION OF BRITISH INFLUENCE. THIS WILL
AND WE MUST FACE THE POSSIBILITY THAT, IN SPITE OF OUR BEST EFFORTS, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO INSIST THAT THE SUBJECT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED IN THE JLG, EVEN IF NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THAT FORUM.
EVANS
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
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