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FM UKREP JLG HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 233
OF 06094OZ DECEMBER 88
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, HONG KONG
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JLG XI: DAY ONE: ASAS
Cε9/12
SUMMARY:
KE GAVE GO AHEAD FOR HONG KONG/FRANCE ASA AND CONFIRMED CHINESE AGREEMENT TO HONG KONG/BRUNEI. HE MAINTAINED THE CHINESE POSITION ON ASAS OUTSIDE THE LIST OF 24 BUT INDICATED CONSULTATION SHOULD NOT TAKE LONG. I UNDERTOOK TO REVERT.
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KE SPOKE FIRST FORMALLY CONFIRMING THE CHINESE AGREEMENT AT THE INTERPLENARY THAT HONG KONG GOVERNMENT COULD BE AUTHORISED TO CON- CLUDE THE AGREEMENT WITH BRUNEI. THE CPG RESERVED THE RIGHT TO EXAMINE THE TEXT OF THE ASA AND ANNEXES, INCLUDING THE CMU IN 1997 WHEN THE ASA WAS RENEWED.
3. HE SAID THAT AFTER CAREFUL STUDY OF THE TEXT OF THE HK/FRANCE ASA THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AGREED TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AUTHOR- ISING HKG TO CONCLUDE IT. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT RESERVED THE RIGHT TO EXAMINE THE TEXT OF THE ASA AND NEGOTIATIONS INCLUDING THE CMU AFTER 1997.
4. THEY WERE STILL STUDYING THE QUESTION OF A HONG KONG/NEPAL ASA AND COULD NOT MAKE A FORMAL RESPONSE. THEY HOPED THAT MEANWHILE WE WOULD NOT AUTHORISE HKG OT NEGOTIATE SUCH AN ASA.
MY STATEMENT
I THANKED KE FOR HIS POSITIVE STATEMENT, FOR HIS CONFIRMATION OF THE CHINESE SIDE'S AGREEMENT ON THE HONG KONG/BRUNEI ASA AND FOR
I NOTED WHAT KE THE WELCOME NEWS ON THE HONG KONG/FRANCE AGREEMENT. HAD SAID ABOUT HONG KONG/NEPAL AND ASSURED HIM WE WOULD NOT PROCEED
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