GRS 165
CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
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TELNO 165
OF 01122OZ SEPTEMBER 96
FOR ACTING GOVERNOR FROM GONERNOR
(515)
Hill 100%.
LEIVES IN
IXESX:
1 SEP 1986
YOUR TELNO 210: DAYA BAY: DRAFT STATEMENT
51.6
versi-
Rind kk Rozd4 (200)
1. THE CHINESE COMMENTED THAT THE DRAFT STATEMENT REFERRED TO COMMITMENTS BY THEM BUT NONE BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. THEY
THOUGHT THIS UNBALANCED. THEY WISH ME TO DELETE THE FIRST PARAGRAPH
OF THE DRAFT OR TO INCLUDE THE POINT THAT ! CONFIRMED THAT THE HONG
KONG GOVERNMENT WOULD STAND BY ITS COMMITMENTS TO RESPECT THE DAYA BAY PROJECT. THE DECOND ALTERNATIVE SEEMS PREFERABLE, BUT I WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAID IN YOUR LETTER TO S L CHEW OR IF IT HAS NOT ISSUED YOT, WHAT HAS BEEN SAID PUBLICLY ON THIS
SUBJECT.
2. THE CHINESE MADE IT CLEAR TO ME TONIGHT THAT IF, GIVEN THE LIKELY DATE OF THE SIGNING OF CONTRACTS, THE LEGCO MISSIONS WISHED TO COME TO PEKING CARLIER THAN 18 SEPTEMBER, EG 15-18 SEPTEMBER, THEY SHOULD MAKE A REQUEST THROUGH NCNA AND IT WOULD BE FAVOURABLY CONSIDERED.
PLEASE INFORM S L CHEN OF THIS, AND SAY WHETHER IN THE LIGHT OF THIS YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO INCLUDE THE PHRASE AROUND THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER' IN PLACE OF THE DATES AT THE END OF THE THIRD PARAGRAPH
OF THE TEXT IN PEKING TELNO 163.
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3. WE HAVE AGREED TO REVERT TO THE CHINESE ON THESE POINTS TOMORROW
MORNING. GRATEFUL THEREFORE FOR A REPLY DESKBY 01233OZ.
EVANS
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PEHPAN 8856
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