CONFIDENTIAL
31/20
HKC031/20
25 SEP 1990
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FROM:
A R Paul
Hong Kong Department
DATE:
23 August 1990
CC:
Mr McLaren o/r
Burns
(Discussed with Mr Buns,
who agrees)
PS/Lord Caithness
Mr Davies, FED
Good idea
s C 25
25/8.
SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP: POSSIBLE CALL ON
LORD CAITHNESS BY THE SENIOR CHINESE REPRESENTATIVE
Problem
1.
Should we invite the Senior Chinese JLG Representative to call on Lord Caithness during next month's meeting of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group?
Recommendation
2.
I recommend that Ambassador Guo Fengmin should be
invited to pay a short courtesy call on Lord Caithness.
meeting has been pencilled in for 4 pm on 25 September.
UKREP JLG concur.
A
Background
3. The sixteenth plenary meeting of the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group will be held in London on 25-28 September.
4. We hope to make progress at the meeting on a number of issues affecting the future of Hong Kong. The indications are that we shall be able to reach agreement on some issues, but that progress will not be as rapid as we would like.
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