OCMIAN 9503
CONFIDENTIAL
PP PEKIN
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
211100Z APR
GRS 734
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 1116
OF 211100Z APRIL 1987
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
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OUR TELNO 997 AND PEKING TELNO 609: HONG KONG AND THE CCC
1.
FOLLOWING IS A DRAFT SPEAKING NOTE FOR USE IN PEKING.
TWO IFT'S CONTAIN DRAFT BACKGROUND AND DRAFT SPEAKING NOTES FOR
USE IN BRUSSELS. GRATEFUL FOR COMMENTS.
MY
2.
PEKING SPEAKING NOTE
BEGINS
ON 1 APRIL LIN ZHIYING ASKED WHETHER WE HAD ANY THOUGHTS
ON THE TERMS OF A JOINT APPROACH TO THE CCC SECRETARIAT FOLLOWING
THE AGREEMENT REACHED AT JLG VI. NUW ABLE TO LET CHINESE SIDE
HAVE OUR VIEWS.
WE SUGGEST THAT BRITISH AND CHINESE EMBASSIES IN BRUSSELS
BE INSTRUCTED TO SEEK AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
OF THE CCC AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE AGREE WITH THE VIEW
EXPRESSED BY WANG WEIYANG ON 1U APRIL THAT THE TWO EMBASSIES
SHOULD LIAISE LOCALLY ON THE BEST MEANS OF MAKING THIS INITIAL
APPROACH THE EMBASSIES SHOULD ALSO AGREE LOCALLY ON A SUITABLE
DATE FOR THE APPOINTMENTS. WE CAN ALSO AGREE THAT THE APPROACHES
COULD BE MADE SEPARATELY, ONE AFTER THE OTHER THE BRITISH
AMBASSADOR TO TAKE ACTION FIRST, WITH HIS CHINESE COUNTERPART
FOLLOWING. WE SUGGEST THAT BOTH EMBASSIES BE GIVEN SUFFICIENT
DETAILED BACKGROUND CONCERNING THE AGREEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN
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