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the Chinese any text agreed during future negotiations before
being fully committed to it, but we will not be showing them the
texts of any accompanying confidential documents that may have been negotiated.
7. The draft Hong Kong/Indonesia ASA which we have
have proposed closely follows the agreed
agreed text of Hong Kong ASAS already
concluded in order to minimise the chance of the Chinese finding difficulties. Some refinements have been made in the drafting,
but these are not matters of substance and they should not cause
the Chinese any concern.
8. The UK believes that Indonesia will be politically well
disposed towards helping with the steps necessary for the
implementation of the JD, and trusts that the assurances about
the Chinese attitude, together with the precedent set by the ASAS
already signed, will ensure that there is no political difficulty
in negotiating and concluding an ASA with Hong Kong.
9. The UK wishes to make it clear that it is now continuing a
process which was discussed exhaustively with the Chinese during
the negotiations leading to the JD and subsequently and which they support. We are confident that a Hong Kong/Indonesia ASA on the lines of the draft proposed would be beneficial to Hong Kong
and Indonesia and would provide a proper basis for the
continuation of scheduled services up to and beyond 1997.