CONFIDENTIAL
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FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY F C O
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OF 210823Z AUGUST 91
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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PREPARATION OF CLEAN TEXTS OF THE MOU.
1. FIRST SECRETARY CALLED ON CHENG RUOYU (FIRST SECRETARY, HKMAO, MFA) ON 20 AUGUST. SHE HANDED OVER TWO COPIES OF THE TEXT, ONE MENTIONING THE PRC FIRST, THE OTHER THE UK FIRST AS DESCRIBED IN TUR. CHENG HANDED OVER CHINESE VERSIONS. THE CHINESE SIDE HAD ALSO CHANGED THE ORDER OF THE ''SIGNED IN DUPLICATE'' SECTION BUT AGREED THAT THEIR TWO FINAL VERSIONS WILL BOTH MENTION THE CHINESE LANGUAGE FIRST IN THAT SENTENCE.
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2. THE TEXTS HANDED OVER INCLUDED THE CORRECTIONS TO THE PLURAL ''UNDERSTANDINGS' AND ALSO IN PARA E FROM 'THAT'' IN THE INITIALLED VERSION AMENDED TO ''THAN'' ROGAN ALSO POINTED OUT TO CHENG THAT COMMITTEE'' IN 2ND SENTENCE PARA F (II) SHOULD BEGIN WITH A CAPITAL LETTER. CHENG AGREED THAT THIS AMENDMENT COULD ALSO BE MADE IN THE FINAL VERSION SHOULD YOU SO WISH.
3. COPIES OF THE TEXTS HANDED OVER FOLLOW BY FAX TO HK D.
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