GRS 220
UNCLASSIFIED
FROM PEKING 282345Z MAY 85
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 853 OF 28/5/85
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TOP COPY
(135)
Николова.
JOMAY 1985
MY TELNOS 830-2: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RATIFICATION
1. THE EXCHANGE OF INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION WAS REPORTED PROMINENTLY ON THE FRONT PAGE OF PEOPLE'S DAILY OF 28 MAY. THE REPORT QUOTED PART OF ZHOU NAN'S SPEECH (THE FIRST THREE SENTENCES OF THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF MY THIRD TUR) AND NOTED HIS STATEMENT THAT THE SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT OF THE HONG KONG QUESTION WAS STRONG PROOF OF THE FRIENDLY COOPERATION BETWEEN CHINA AND BRITAIN. THE LAST PARAGRAPH OF MY STATEMENT WAS QUITED (PARAGRAPH
SIX OF MY TELNO 789) 118
2. THE ARTICLE ALSO CARRIED THE FULL TEXT OF THE PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT CONFIRMING THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE JOINT DECLARATION (PARAGRAPH TWO OF MY TELNO 804)
122
3. A SHORT REPORT OF JI PENGFEI'S BANQUET WAS ALSO CARRIED. IT REPORTED THAT IN PROPOSING A TOAST, JI HAD SAID THAT THE EXCHANGE OF INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION WAS A MAJOR EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES AND THAT ON
THE ROAD OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION THERE REMAINED MANY THINGS
THE TWO SIDES STILL HAD TO DO. JI EXPRESSED THE HOPE FOR CONTINUED
DEVELOPMENT OF SINO-BRITISH RELATIONS. Y EXPRESSION (IN RESPONSE
TO JI'S TOAST) OF SATISFACTION AT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SINO-BRITISH
RELATIONS WAS ALSO REPORTED.
EVANS
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
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HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER)
PS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
MR J CROWLEY, PUSD
COPIES TO:(VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
MR MALLABY
OFFICE CABINET OFFICE
MR D B C CHRISTOPHER. CABINET OFF. SIR P CRADDOCK, Ng. 10 DOWNING ST.