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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES
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WE ARE FAXING TO CLEMENT MAK (GDB) A LETTER FROM JEREMY GEE
OF THE COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION (CHGC) GIVING THE COMMISSION'S VIEWS ON THE PROPOSALS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERIES IN HONG KONG DISCUSSED WITH GEE LAST OCTOBER (ROSALIND MARSDEN'S TELELETTER TO DARWIN CHEN OF 3 OCTOBER 1989 REFERS).
2. THE CWGC REMAIN FIRM IN THEIR DESIRE TO HAVE A FORMAL WAR
GRAVES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THEIR SIX MEMBER GOVERNMENTS AND THE
CHINESE COVERING ALL THE COMMISSION'S INTERESTS IN HONG KONG. THEY HAVE ALSO REITERATED THEIR VIEW TO HAVE THIS MATTER RAISED IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP RATHER THAN THE LAND COMMISSION.
IN THE LIGHT OF THIS RESPONSE, WE WILL NEED TO RECONSIDER WHETHER THERE IS ANY WAY OF RECONCILING THE CGWC'S VIEWS WITH
THE PROPOSALS IN THE DRAFT LAND COMMISSION PAPER. YOUR VIEWS.
HURD
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