SECRET
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELNO 82
OF 25143OZ JANUARY 88
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
SECRET
TOP COPY Q DIST?
MKB 01/1 allı
нив
27 JAN 1988
003071
MDHOAN 7364
(70)
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YOUR TELNO 151 AND HONG KONG TELNOS 312 AND 336: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT: WHITE PAPER
1.
WE AGREE THAT THE CHINESE RESPONSE IS SENSIBLE AND
ENCOURAGING. PLEASE THANK KE FOR HIS SPEEDY REACTION TO OUR
PAPER, AND EXPLAIN THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH HIS TWO POINTS ON THE LINES PROPOSED IN PARA 2 OF THIRD TUR.
WE AGREE WITH ALL THE AMENDMENTS TO THE WHITE PAPER PROPOSED
IN SECOND TUR.
2.
3
PARA 3 OF THIRD TUR: THE FULL TEXT OF THE WHITE PAPER HAS
NOW BEEN CIRCULATED TO MINISTERS WHO HAVE RAISED NO OBJECTIONS TO
WHAT IS PROPOSED. WE WILL BRING TO OUR MINISTERS' ATTENTION KE'S COMMENTS AND THE RESPONSE WHICH WE SHALL BE MAKING.
4.
FOR HONG KONG. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD ARRANGE FOR 20 ADVANCE COPIES OF THE WHITE PAPER TO REACH US BEFORE 10 FEBRUARY, AND FOR AN ADDITIONAL 50 COPIES TO BE SENT IN SLOWER
TIME. IN VIEW OF THE PUBLIC AND PARLIAMENTARY INTEREST THERE HAS BEEN IN THE REVIEW, YOU MAY ALSO WISH TO SEND COPIES OF THE WHITE PAPER TO REACH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE BY 10 FEBRUARY.
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DISTRIBUTION
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH (FE)
PUSD
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR EGGAR
MR MCLAREN
MR GILLMORE
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