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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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HONG KONG TELNOS 2728-9: VISIT TO HONG KONG BY STATE COUNCILLOR
JI PENGFEI.
1. WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE REDRAFT OF THE SPEAKING NOTE IN
SECOND TUR EXCEPT ON ONE POINT. WE THINK THE CHINESE WOULD BE TAKEN
ABACK BY OUR SAYING THAT WE ARE WORRIED AT LACK OF CONCRETE
PROGRESS IN PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF JOINT DECLARATIONS!!
(PARAGRAPH 14). WE HAVE PREVIOUSLY OFFERED. NO INTIMATION OF THIS. THEIR VIEW, TO WHICH WE BELIEVE THEY WILL HOLD FIRMLY, IS LIKELY TO BE THAT IN A PROCESS WHICH WILL LAST FOR TWELVE YEARS, A GOOD DEAL HAS BEEN DONE IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS. INDEED WE OURSELVES DO
NOT FULLY SHARE THE PERCEPTION IN PARAGRAPH 3 OF FIRST TUR THAT THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT COST IN ACHIEVING AGREEDMENT TO THE RIGHT OF ABODE PACKAGE. MOREOVER WE THINK THAT IT IS TOO EARLY TO SAY THAT WE HAVE GONE BACKWARDS ON INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS WHEN WE HAVE ONLY JUST BEGUN DISCUSSION OF AN ENORMOUSLY COMPLEX SUBJECT SEMICLN AND THAT ON GATT (WHERE OUR PROPOSALS PROBABL
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POSE A GENUINE DILEMMA FOR THE CHINESE), THERE STILL MAY WELL BE EVERTHING TO PLAY FOR. THE PROCESS OF CARRYING THE CHINESE WITH US ON
THESE AND OTHER ISSUES WILL INEVITABLY BE A TIME-CONSUMING ONE (AS
WILSON POINTED OUT IN HIS TELEGRAM OF GENERAL IMPRESSIONS FOLLOWING
THE JLG - PEKING TELNO 1766). AS SEEN FROM HERE OUR BEST HOPE FOR
STEADY PROGRESS LIES IN COAXING, NOT CAJOLING, THE CHINESE.
THOMSON
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