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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP BRUSSELS
MIPT: HONG KONG AND THE CCC
1. WANG WEIYANG TELEPHONED PIGOTT ON 12 JUNE AND, REFERRING TO PIGOTT'S CALL ON LIN ZHIYING ON 11 JUNE SAID THAT THE CHINESE SIDE
HAD STUDIED THE TEXT OF OUR SPEAKING NOTE. WANG HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED
TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING POINTS:-
(A) THE CHINESE SIDE AGREED IN PRINCIPLE TO THE COURSE OF ACTION PROPOSED BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL. THEY ALSO AGREED TO THE
SECRETARY-GENERAL CIRCULATING THE BRITISH AND CHIENSE DECLARATIONS TO MEMBERS OF THE Ccc.
(B) THE POLICY COMMISSION WOULD MEET AND PUT FORWARD PROPOSALS TO
EANBLE HONG KONG TO BECOME A SEPARATE MEMBER OF THE CCC. IN THE CHINESE SIDE'S OPINION, FULL PREPARATIONS WERE NEEDED TO FORESTALL THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY INDIVIDUAL COUNTRY REPRESENTED IN THE POLICY
COMMISSIOIN FROM PUTTING FORWARD RESRVATIONS AND TO AVOID THE
POSSIBILITY OF CONCESNUS NOT BEING REACHED. IF WE COULD NOT BE CERTAIN FO ACHIEVING CONSEENSUS IN THE POLICY COMMISSIOIN, THE
CHINESE SIDE WERE INCLINED TO SLOW DOWN THE STEPS WHICH BOTH SIDES
WERE TAKING TO SECRUE HONG KONG'S SEPARATE MEMEBRSHIP OF THE CCC.
SINCE TIME WAS TIGHT, THE CHINESE SIDE HAD INSTRUCTED THEIR AMBASSADOR IN BRUSSELS TO CO-ORDINATE WITH HMA BRUSSELS WITH A VIEW
TO CONSULTING THE SECRETARY-GENARL, BEFORE THE LATTER'S DEPARTURE FOR CANADA, ON WHETHER WE COULD BE CERTAIN OF ACHIEVING CONSENSUS OR
WHETHER THERE WAS A NEED FOR FURTHER PREPARATORY WORK.
(C) IT WAS THE CHINESE SIDE'S OPINION THAT THE WHOLE PROCESS OF ACHIEVING SEPARATE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CCC FOR HONG KONG WS THE UK'S
RESPONSIBILITY, THE CHINESE SIDE HOPED THAT THE BRITISH SIDE WOULD
INFORM HMA BRUSSELS OF THESE POINTS AND INSTRUCT HIM URGENTLY TO
MAKE A CAREFUL ASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION AND TO DECIDE ON WHAT PREPARATIONS SHOULD BNE MADE BEFORE THE POLICY COMMISSION CONSIDERED THE QUESTION OF NONG KONG'S SEPARATE MEMBERSHIP. THE CHINESE SIDE WISHED TO SUGGEST THAT HMA BRUSSELS SHOULD CO-ORDINATE HIS ACTION
WITH HIS CHINESE COUNTERPART.
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