CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO TELELETTER FCO
TELELETTER FILE REF NFR
OF 240245Z MARCH 90
CHKC 13/1
RECEN
30 MAR 1999
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FROM:
N.G.C. WHITNEY, GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH, HONG KONG
HKD-- ECD-
FOLLOWING FOR: MISS P.A.
ALLOCATION OF CALLSIGNS TO HONG KONG
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1 THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER OF
MARCH.
2. WHEN WE DISCUSSED THIS SUBJECT DURING YOUR RECENT VISIT TO HONG KONG, I MENTIONED THAT THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO PUT A PAPER TO EXCO, FOLLOWING WHICH WE WOULD HAND OVER A PAPER TO THE CHINESE SIDE. IT IS OUR INTENTION TO INCLUDE IN THE EXCO PAPER ALL THE VARIOUS OPTIONS, WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE PUT A FIRM PROPOSAL TO THE CHINESE SIDE BASED ON OPTION I.
3. AS YOU POINT OUT IN YOUR LETTER, OPTIONS II AND III SHOULD NOT BE COMPLETELY DISCOUNTED. HOWEVER, WE DO NOT INTEND TO INCLUDE MENTION OF THEM IN THE PAPER FOR THE CHINESE SIDE, AND WOULD PREFER TO REGARD THEM AS FALL BACK OPTIONS SHOULD THE CHINESE REJECT OPTION I.
4 I HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAND A PAPER TO THE CHINESE BEFORE THE END OF MAY, SO THAT DISCUSSIONS CAN TAKE PLACE EITHER IN ADVANCE OF, OR AT, JLG XVI.
SIGNED: NIGEL WHITNEY
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