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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2965
OF 06100OZ AUGUST 87
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YOUR TELNO 703: HONG KONG AND THE #MO
WE ARE OF COURSE AWARE OF THE AGREEMENT REACHED AT JLG IN AT THE
INSISTENCE OF THE CHINESE (PARA 5 OF YOUR TELNO 1568 OF 1986). HOWEVER, FROM THE WAY IN WHICH WANG WENYANG ASKED FOR OUR VIEWS ON THE TIMING FOR TRANSMITTING THE NOTES, IT MAY BE THAT THEY HAVE EMTHER FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE AGREEMENT OR CHOSEN TO IGNORE T. AS WE
HAVE ALL ALONG DISLIKED THE IDEA OF TAKING ACTION IN BATCHES, AND HAVING REGARD TO THE ADVICE OF THE IMO SECRETARY-GENERAL, WE SEE ADVANTAGE HN NOT REFERRING TO THE AGREED POSITION OURSELVES. INSTEAD, WE SHOULD SUGGEST THAT THE TWO SIDES SHOULD TRANSMIT THE TWO NOTES TO THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, PREFERABLY BY, SAY, END-AUGUST (F THAT IS A CONVENIENT TIMEFRAME AS FAR AS YOU ARE
CONCERNED).
2. #F THE CHINESE DID REFER TO THE AGREEMENT AND PREFER TO ABIDE BY MIT, WE WOULD BE CONTENT FOR PEKING TO DEPLOY THE LINE IN PARA 2 OF TUR.
FORD
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HMLNAN 6534
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
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