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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION (CWGC) IN HONG KONG AFTER
1997
1. YOU WILL RECALL OUR EXCHANGES ON THE CWGC RESTING WITH HUM'S LETTER OF 18 DECEMBER 1987 TO TSANG, GDB. YOU HAD EARLIER UNDERTAKEN (TSANG'S LETTER OF 3 DECEMBER TO HUM) TO REVERT TO US ON THE COMMISSION'S STATUS AFTER 1997 AFTER FURTHER STUDY.
2. WE HAVE NOW HAD A FURTHER LETTER FROM THE COMMISSION, ASKING FOR A CLEARER INDICATION OF THE TIMING WHICH WE ENVISAGE FOR DISCUSSION OF THE SUBJECT IN THE JLG.
3. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD TENTATIVELY IDENTIFIED WAR GRAVES AS A SUBJECT IS TO BE DISCUSSED SOME TIME NEXT YEAR, ONCE THE CHINESE JLG TEAM HAD SETTLED DOWN IN HONG KONG. WE SUGGEST THAT WE NOW MAKE IT A FIRM (INTERNAL) OBJECTIVE TO PLACE THE ISSUE ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION IN THE JLG DURING 1989: AND THAT WE INFORM THE COMMISSION (IN CONFIDENCE AND IN TENTATIVE TERMS) THAT THIS WOULD BE OUR AIM. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS.
4. IF DISCUSSION OF THIS MATTER IS TO TAKE PLACE NEXT YEAR, IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD LET US KNOW HOW YOUR INTERNAL DELIBERATIONS ON THE SUBJECT ARE PROGRESSING.
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