CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
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JJ DEC 1990
Tel ent
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FM UKREP JLG HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 464
OF 040044Z DECEMBER 90
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, HONG KONG
(142)
MY TELNO 432: JLG PATTERN OF MEETINGS.
1. WE HAVE NOW DISCUSSED THIS FURTHER WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
2. WE FEEL THAT THERE IS MERIT IN INCREASING THE FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS IN PRINCIPLE TO FOUR PER ANNUM, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW FOR IT. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS, I WOULD PROPOSE TO SAY TO GUO THAT WE WOULD BE PREPARED IN PRINCIPLE TO SEE FOUR MEETINGS A YEAR BUT THAT WE WOULD NOT WANT TO ANNOUNCE SUCH A PROGRAMME IN ADVANCE SINCE WE WOULD WISH TO JUDGE THE BEST TIMING OF MEETINGS IN A FLEXIBLE WAY AS WE SAW HOW WE WERE GETTING ON. AS A START WE WOULD AGREE TO A MEETING IN MARCH, WITH THE PROSPECT OF A FURTHER ONE IN JUNE IF THAT SEEMED USEFUL AT THE TIME. THIS WOULD LEAVE ROOM FOR FURTHER MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER.
3. ALTHOUGH WE SHOULD NOT ANNOUNCE THE PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS IN ADVANCE, WE WOULD HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO SAY AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT MEETINGS MIGHT BE HELD MORE FREQUENTLY THAN IN THE PAST IF THE PROGRESS OF BUSINESS JUSTIFIED IT.
4. WE REALISE THAT THIS IS LIKELY TO GIVE SOME PRACTICAL PROBLEMS FOR PARTICIPANTS FROM LONDON AND PEKING. WE IMAGINE THAT IT MAY BE DIFFICULT FOR ALL CONCERNED TO COME TO TWO MEETINGS IN HONG KONG AS WELL AS ONE EACH IN PEKING AND LONDON. WE THINK THEREFORE THAT WE MAY HAVE TO ESTABLISH THE PRINCIPLE WITH THE CHINESE, AS PART OF THE GENERAL SIMPLIFICATION OF MEETINGS AND CUTTING DOWN OF NUMBERS, THAT IT IS NOT ESSENTIAL THAT ALL THE MEMBERS AND EXPERTS SHOULD BE
PRESENT FOR EVERY MEETING.
5. I AM SEEING GUO ON 6 DECEMBER AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO HIM
THEN.
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