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FROM PEKING 170545Z MAY 85
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 744 OF 17/5/85
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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YOUR TEL NÓ 447: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: JOINT LIAISON GROUP
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RATIFICATION
1. I SAW ZHOU NAN AT THE NORWEGIAN NATIONAL DAY PARTY
THIS MORNING. HE TOLD ME THAT HE HAD BEEN ASKED BY WU XUEQIAN TO GIVE MA AN ORAL REPLY FROM WU TO YOUR. ZHOU SAID THAT WU'S REPLY CONTAINED FOUR POINTS.
(A) WU WAS GRATEFUL FOR YOUR MESSAGE, WHICH HE HAD STUDIED CAREFULLY. WU AGREED WITH ZHOU'S PRELIMINARY COMMENTS ON YOUR MESSAGE. IN ORDER TO SAVE TIME, WU HAD DECIDED THAT IT WOULD NOT BE NECESSARY TO SEND YOU A WRITTEN REPLY:
(B) WU BELIEVED THE LATEST BRITISH PROPOSAL IN THE SECOND HALF OF YOUR MESSAGE WAS ACCEPTABLE:
(C) NOW THAT AGREEMENT ON THE COMPOSITION OF THE BRITISH SIDE IN THE JLG HAD BEEN REACHED, THE ROAD WAS CLEAR FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION. WU HOPED THAT AN EARLY DATE FOR THIS COULD BE
FIXED:
(D) WU LOOKED FORWARD TO MEETING YOU IN LONDON.
(ZHOU SPOKE IN ENGLISH,. BLUNT, WHO WAS ALSO PRESENT, ASKED THE FOUR POINTS AS ZHOU SPOKE).
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