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DD 20010OZ PEKIN
FM FCOLN TO PEKIN
19150OZ NOV
GRS 183
HKK 01/1
STRY
26 NOV 1985
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TO DESKBY 200100Z PEKING
TELNO 997
OF 191500Z NOVEMBER 85
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
AY
ABRE
26
-NR
299
YOUR TELNO 1689 AND HONG KONG TELNO 2565: JOINT LIAISON GROUP:
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT
1.
WE ARE CONTENT WITH THE TWO MINOR AMENDMENTS IN PARA 3 OF
HONG KONG TUR. THE EMBASSY SHOULD NOW TAKE ACTION ON THE BASIS
OF THE SPEAKING NOTE IN OUR TELNO 1804 TO HONG KONG AS AMENDED BY
OUR TELNO 1814 TO HONG KONG AND HONG KONG TUR..
2.
WE SHOULD NOT WISH YOU TO TAKE ACTION YOURSELF WITH ZHOU
NAN, BECAUSE OF THE LIKELIHOOD THAT ZHOU NAN WOULD BE UNABLE TO
REFRAIN FROM GIVING AN UNHELPFUL OFF THE CUFF RESPONSE. WE ALSO
THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO ELEVATE DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUE TO A HIGHER LEVEL, WHICH MIGHT RAISE THE TEMPERATURE. WE SHOULD THEREFORE LIKE THOMSON, OR, IF HE HAS ALREADY LEFT, IN HIS ABSENCE BLUNT, TO ACT WITH WANG JIAJI SO THAT THE LEVEL OF THE CONTACT IS THE SAME AS WHEN THE CHINESE MADE THE PROPOSAL TO US.
HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
PS
PS/MR RENTON
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING MR WILSON
COPIES TO:
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON
MR NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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