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RECEIVER REGISTRY
2 4 FEB 1988
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REGISTRY
Action Taken
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120653 MDLOAN 3329
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 497
OF 231445Z FEBRUARY 88
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
INFO ROUTINE UKMIS GENEVA
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PASSED ROUTINE TO WKGO LONDON
YOUR TELNOS 733-7: CVIIS
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(A)
(I)
WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON TURS:
SECOND TUR:
GENERAL: SINCE PARA 4 CONTAINS SPECIFIC PROPOSALS FOR ACTION WE WONDER WHETHER YOU AND PEKING SHOULD LEAVE A COPY OF THE SPEAKING NOTE WITH THE CHINESE. IF SO, WE SUGGEST THAT REFERENCES TO QUOTE THE CHINESE UNQUOTE AND QUOTE THE CHINESE SIDE UNQUOTE SHOULD BE REPLACED BY QUOTE THE
CHINESE AUTHORITIES UNQUOTE WHERE THEY APPEAR.
(II) PARA 3, THIRD SENTENCE: WE SUGGEST THIS SHOULD READ QUOTE
THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES INITIALLY AGREED TO ACCEPT HIM BUT
SUBSEQUENTLY DECLINED TO DO SO UNQUOTE.
(III) PARA 4(C): SHOULD QUOTE 103 UNQUOTE READ QUOTE 101 UNQUOTE?
(IV) PARA 6: SINCE PARA 4(A) PRESSES THE CHINESE TO ACCEPT THIS
CASE BACK, WE SUGGEST THAT THIS PARAGRAPH SHOULD BE DELETED.
(V) PARA 7: WE SUGGEST QUOTE WE ARE PREPARED UNQUOTE SHOULD
READ MORE POSITIVELY, POSSIBLY QUOTE WE WOULD BE PLEASED UNQUOTE.
(B)
THIRD TUR, PARA 2(1): WE WONDER WHETHER QUOTE REFUSED UNQUOTE WOULD BE BETTER PHRASED DECLINED UNQUOTE.
2.
ON THE FANG CHENG ECVIIS, WE ASSUME THAT UNHCR IS CONTENT WITH YOUR APPROACH, NOTWITHSTANDING THEIR EARLIER DOUBTS ABOUT FANG CHENG.
3.
PARA 2 OF FIRST TUR SUBJECT TO YOUR COMMENTS ON THE ABOVE
WE AGREE WITH YOUR PROPOSALS FOR HANDING OVER THE MEMORANDUM TO
THE NCNA. WE SUGGEST THAT YOU AND PEKING SHOULD AIM TO DO THIS
ON 25 OR 26 FEBRUARY.
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