CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 3205
OF 08111OZ DECEMBER 87
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
HRB Oll
RECEIVE
:STRY
16 DEC 1987
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034561
MDHOAN.4550
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YOUR TELNOS 4562, 4563 AND 4579
ANNUAL REPORT ON HONG KONG 1. ON FIRST TUR, WE AGREE WITH YOUR SUGGESTIONS. ON THIRD TUR, IN NEW PARA 34 WE SUGGEST THE SIXTH SENTENCE SHOULD BEGIN QUOTE IT COULD WELL HAVE HAD SERIOUS .. UNQUOTE. IN THE FIRST
SENTENCE OF NEW PARA 35, WE SUGGEST INSERTING QUOTE INITIAL UNQUOTE BEFORE QUOTE PACKAGE UNQUOTE.
2.
THANK YOU FOR THE DRAFT REPORT, WHICH WE HAVE NOW CONSIDERED AND WHICH, IN GENERAL, READS VERY WELL. WE HAVE SOME MAINLY MINOR AMENDMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS TO MAKE. ON A GENERAL POINT WE THINK THAT HKG AND HMG AND QUOTE SIDE UNQUOTE (AS IN QUOTE THE CHINESE SIDE UNQUOTE) SHOULD ALL BE TREATED AS PLURAL, TO ACCORD WITH OUR STANDART PRATICE AND GIVEN THAT THE REPORT IS TO BE PUBLISHED BY HMG. THIS WOULD REQUIRE APPROPRIATE AND QUOTE SIDE UNQUOTE (AS IN QUOTE THE CHINESE SIDE UNQUOTE) SHOULD BE TREATED AS PLURAL, QIVEN THAT THE REPORT IS TO BE PUBLISHED BY HMG. THIS WOULD REQUIRE APPROPRIATE AMENDMENTS IN PARAS 5VI, 20, 23, 31,36, 38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 53, 54, 55 AND 60.
3.
REPORT.
A)
WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS/SUGGESTIONS ON THE DRAFT
INTRODUCTION
I)
II)
WE SUGGEST DELETING THE BULK OF PARA 2 AFTER QUOTE THIS IS THE THIRD SUCH ANNUAL REPORT, UNQUOTE AND CONTINUING WITH PARA 3 TO FORM A NEW PARA 2. (ALL SUBSEQUENT PARAS WOULD REQUIRE RENUMBERING. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING COMMENT, WE REFER THROUGHOUT TO THE PARAGRAPH NUMBERS IN YOUR DRAFT AND EXCLUDING FIRST TUR).
THE SECOND SENTENCE OF THE NEW PARA 2 SHOULD NOW BEGIN QUOTE IT CONTAINS A GENERAL .. UNQUOTE.
III) PARA 3. THE ITEMS WHICH ARE LISTED SHOULD BE
SEPARATED BY A SEMI-COLON.
IV)
IN THE SAME PARAGRAPH, WE SUGGEST CHANGING QUOTE DEVELOPMENTS WITH REGARD TO REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT UNQUOTE TO QUOTE DEVELOPMENTS ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT UNQUOTE.
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