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MINISTER MEFRITHEW CPFNED MTA WITH CHIEF SECTY SIR DAVID FORD ST
RAISING CONCERN OF CDN HKONG VFTS OVER STATUS OF CDN/COMMONWFALTH
WAR GRAVES IN HKONG AFTER 1997.MINISTER UNDERSTOOD THIS ISSUE WAS
BEING LISCUSSED WITH CHINA IN JOINT LIAISON GROUP BUT URGET THAT
ITS CONSILERATION BE NUDGED FORWARD SO UNAMBIGUOUS ASSURANCES CLD
BE GIVEN.MR. MERRITHEW STRESSED THAT GIVEN CONFIDENCE CRISIS
FUTURE STATUS OF CDN GFAVES IN HKONG WAS OF DEEF INTEREST TO CON
GOVT ESPECIALLY CONTROL, MAINTENANCE, FINANCING AND ACCESS IN
PERFETUITY.
2.SIR DAVID SAID HE HOPED THIS ISSUE THAT YLD NOT POSE A
PROBLEM, BUT IT CERTAINLY HAD TO BE CLARIFIED.HIS UNDERSTANDING
WAS THAT THE SPFCIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION GOVT WID TAKE OVER
PISPONSIBILITIES OF COMMONWEALTH WAR
GRAVES COMMISSION AFTER 1997.RFLATED ISSUES WERE UNDER DISCUSSION
*ITH CHINESE AND IN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.HE WLD PAISE ISSUFS AS A
PRIORITY AND GET BACK TO US SOON.
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