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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1596
OF 18053OZ MAY 89
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INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KON BTC HONG KONG, PEKING
PART ONE OF TWO
FOR HKD
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YOUR TELNO 985, PEKING TELNOS 796 AND 842, UKREP JLG TELNOS 148 AND 149 AND BTC HONG KONG TELNOS 214: HONG KONG BULL POINTS
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2. WE HAVE NOT ADDRESSED OURSELVES TO UKREP JLG'S GENERAL POINT OF CONSISTENCY OF STYLE (HIS TELNO 148), BUT AGREE WITH HIS REMARKS. OUR COMMENTS ON SUBSTANCE ARE SET OUT BELOW:
SECTION 1
FIRST PAGE, SECOND TIRET. ADD AT END
AND EXPLAINING IN
DETAIL HOW HONG KONG'S EXISTING SYSTEMS WOULD CONTINUE.''
FIRST PAGE FOURTH TIRET. DELETE ''UNPROMISING'' AND REPLACE BY ''UNCERTAIN,
FIRST PAGE, SIXTH TIRET. DELETE LAST SENTENCE.
SECOND PAGE, SECOND TIRET, SIXTH INDENT. OF'' BETWEEN 'HAVE AND ''AUTONOMY I T
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A HIGH DEGREE
SECOND PAGE, SECOND TIRET, SEVENT INDENT. REPLACE BY ''HONG KONG WILL NEVERTHELESS, BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN AND DEVELOP ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES AND CONCLUDE AGREEMENTS IN FIELDS SUCH AS TRADE, COMMERCE AND AIR SERVICES.''
SECOND PAGE, SECOND TIRET, EIGHTH INDENT. AMEND TO READ: '' LINKS, INCLUDINGS ITS PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS''
SECTION II
'JULY'
PAGE ONE, THIRD TIRET. TECHNICALLY DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT OF JLG SHOULD BE ''MAY 1985'' NOT
BECAUSE IT CAME INTO BEING ON RATIFICATION FIRST MEETING WAS JULY. THIS SHOULD BE CLARIFIED. DELETE 'MET IN FINAL SENTENCE. ADD AT END ''HKG OFFICIALS FULLY
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