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HKK.045/12
FM FCO 191400Z APR 85
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 555 OF 19 APR
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT
1. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF FCO TELNO 319 OF 17 APRIL TO PEKING, (PERSONAL FROM WILSON FOR AMBASSADOR), WHICH WAS INADVERTENTLY NOT
REPEATED TO YOU.
BEGINS. I FEAR THAT WE SHALL NOT BE ABLE TO INSTRUCT YOU TO
SPEAK TO ZHOU NAN BY 24 APRIL.
THE REASON IS THAT THE GOVERNOR, AS YOU WILL KNOW FROM HONG KONG TELNO 446 TO YOU, IS RETURNING TO LONDON EARLY NEXT WEEK (22-24 APRIL) AND WISHES AMONG OTHER MATTERS TO DISCUSS
COMPOSITION OF THE JLG WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE. WE ARE SENDING YOU SEPARATE TELEGRAMS ON THE STATE OF PLAY ON THIS
ISSUE.
IF PRESSED FURTHER BY ZHOU FOR OUR RESPONSE TO THE POINTS WHICH HE PUT TO YOU ON 3 APRIL, YOU SHOULD SAY THAT IT WILL UNFORTUNATELY NOT BE POSSIBLE TO REPLY BEFORE 24 APRIL. WE SHALL DO SO AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THEREAFTER. YOU SHOULD LEAVE HIM IN NO DOUBT THAT CHINESE OBJECTIONS TO HO ARE CAUSING US VERY SEVERE
DIFFICULTIES. ENDS.
2. FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF PEKING TELNO 554 OF 19 APRIL IN REPLY.
HE BEGINS. LI CHUANSHENG TELEPHONED BLUNT THIS MORNING. REFERRED TO ZHOU NAN'S MESSAGE THAT HE HOPED I WOULD BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THE POINTS HE HAD RAISED ON 3 APRIL BEFORE 24 APRIL.
LI SAID THAT ZHOU HAD AGAIN ASKED HIM TO POINT OUT
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THAT ZHOU WOULD BE OUT OF PEKING FOR A WEEK FROM 24 APRIL. ZHOU WAS VERY KEEN TO HEAR BEFORE THEN OUR RESPONSE TO THE POINTS HE HAD MADE ON 3 APRIL CONCERNING THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP,
PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES AND RATIFICATION.
BLUNT MADE THE POINTS IN PARA 3 OF YOUR TUR. (FCO TELNO 319) LI SAID HE HAD NOTED THESE. HE NONETHELESS CONTINUED TO PRESS FOR A RESPONSE
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