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DESKBY PEKING 200100Z
DESKBY HONG KONG 190100Z
FM FCO 181600Z MAY 85
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 461 OF 18 MAY
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 757 HONG KONG AGREEMENT: ANNOUNCEMENTS
SUBJECT TO HONG KONG'S VIEWS, BLUNT SHOULD RESPOND ON 20 MAY TO WANG JAIJI'S POINTS ON THE FOLLOWING LINES:
TEXT OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF DATE OF RATIFICATION:
A.
WE CAN ACCEPT THE TEXT PROPOSED BY WANG, ALTHOUGH IN ENGLISH WE WOULD SAY 'PROVISIONS' RATHER THAN
' STIPULATIONS'.
B.
TIMING OF ANNOUNCEMENT:
C.
D.
THE EARLIEST WE CAN MANAGE ON 21 MAY WOULD BE 0900 GMT, AND WE HOPE THE CHINESE CAN GO ALONG
WITH THIS.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMPOSITION OF OUR TEAM ON THE JLG: WE NOTE THAT HONG KONG ARE CONTENT WITH THE TEXT WHICH WE TELEGRAPHED ON 17 MAY. BLUNT MAY THEREFORE
PASS THIS TO WANG.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF COMPOSITION OF OUR TEAM ON THE LAND
COMMISSION:
BLUNT SHOULD AGAIN IMPRESS ON WANG THAT IF WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO RELEASE THE COMPOSITION OF OUR TEAM ON THE LAND COMMISSION AT THE SAME TIME AS WE ANNOUNCE OUR JLG MEMBERS IT COULD GIVE RISE TO DAMAGING SPECULATION THAT THERE WAS A HITCH OVER MEMBERSHIP OF THE LAND COMMISSION. PROVIDED HONG KONG SEE NO OBJECTION, HOWEVER, BLUNT MAY SAY THAT IN VIEW OF CHINESE DIFFICULTIES AND IF FINAL AGREEMENT ON THE DETAILS RELATING TO THE LAND COMMISSION HAVE NOT BEEN REACHED BEFORE 21 MAY, WE WOULD BE PREPARED TO
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