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FM PEKING
ΤΟ IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 54
OF 120835Z JANUARY 88
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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15 JAN 1988
30
TO
HONG KONG TELNOS 112-119 AND YOUR TELNO 83 TO HONG KONG:
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: WHITE PAPER: PAPER FOR THE CHINESE.
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I UNDERSTAND AND AM CONTENT WITH, THE PROPOSAL IN YOUR TUR THAT
SHOULD PASS ONLY THE PAPER INCORPORATING CHAPTERS III AND VIII TO
THE CHINESE, WITHOUT A COVERING PAPER. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT SPEAKING NOTE AND DEFENSIVE MATERIAL.
2. AS FAR AS GETTING THE PAPER TO THE CHINESE IS CONCERNED, WE TOO PREFER OPTION B IN PARA 4 OF FIRST TUR. IF WE DO GO FOR 15 JANUARY HOWEVER, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT ZHOU NAN WILL BE ENGAGED THAT DAY IN EXCHANGING INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION (WITH THE PORTUGUESE
AMBASSADOR) ON THE SINO-PORTUGUESE JOINT DECLARATION ON MACAO. BUT I
WOULD NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH DIFFICULTY IN SECURING A CALL ON KE ZAISHUO, WHO WILL NOT PERSONALLY BE A MEMBER OF THE SINO-PORTUGUESE JOINT LIAISON GROUP (CF. PIGOTT'S LETTER OF 11 JANUARY TO WOOD).
3. ON PRACTICALITIES
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WE IMAGINE THAT HONG KONG WILL HAVE THE TEXT
OF THE ENGLISH VERSION OF THE PAPER ON A WORD PROCESSOR. IN THAT CASE IT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL IF HONG KONG'S SPECIAL COURIER COULD
BRING TO PEKING COPIES OF BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE VERSIONS WE
SHALL BE GRATEFUL FOR DETAILS OF THE COURIER'S TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS IN DUE COURSE (NAME OF COURIER, ETA, ETD ETC. ETC).
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