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STATEMENT. THAT MEANS THAT GALSWORTHY MUST TALK TO GUO BEFORE THE END OF THIS WEEK. WE THEREFORE NEED TO HAVE AGREEMENT ON A SPEAKING NOTE BY 12 MARCH AT THE LATEST.
6.
DETAILED COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT STATEMENT IN SECOND TUR ARE AS
FOLLOWS:
(A) PARAGRAPH 1: AGREED
(B) PARAGRAPH 2: AGREED
(C) PARAGRAPH 3: AGREED. IT MAY BE WORTH ADDING THAT THE END 'TRANSFERS BETWEEN TERRITORIES ARE NOW VERY RARE'.
(D) PARAGRAPH 4: WE WOULD PREFER THE FIRST SENTENCE TO READ 'IN HONG KONG, THERE HAVE BEEN NO NEW APPOINTMENTS ELIGIBLE FOR HMOCS SINCE 1985'.
(E) PARAGRAPH 5: WE WOULD PREFER TO STICK TO THE TERMINOLOGY USED IN PARAGRAPH 4 OF OUR REVISED DRAFT STATEMENT (MY TELNO 733). A SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO THE WHITE PAPERS IS LIKELY TO RESULT IN A CHINESE REQUEST TO SEE THEM. WE ALSO DO NOT SEE THE POINT OF INCLUDING A REFERENCE TO RETIREMENT WITH COMPENSATION AND IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF PENSION BENEFITS, AS THIS IS NOT BEING PROPOSED IN THE HMOCS COMPENSATION/INCENTIVE SCHEME UNLESS THE OFFICER HAS REACHED MINIMUM AGE TO RETIRE UNDER PENSION LEGISLATION. IF YOU FEEL IT NECESSARY TO INCLUDE THIS POINT, PRESUMABLY ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT MIGHT BECOME PUBLIC DURING THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS, IT IS VITAL THAT WE SHOULD MAKE IT CLEAR IN THE SPEAKING NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT PART OF OUR PROPOSED PACKAGE.
(F) PARAGRAPH 6: WE SEE NO REASON FOR GOING INTO THE DEGREE OF DETAIL PROPOSED IN THIS PARAGRAPH. WE WOULD PREFER SIMPLY TO HAVE THE FIRST AND LAST TWO SENTENCES.
(G) PARAGRAPH 7: THE FIRST SENTENCE IS UNNECESSARY CAND PROVOCATIVE LOCALLY). WE SEE NO NEED TO GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT HOW THE COMPENSATION SCHEME HAS BEEN CALCULATED. THE LAST SENTENCE COULD BE INCORPORATED INTO PARAGRAPH 9 OF OUR REVISED DRAFT.
(H) PARAGRAPH 8: WE WOULD PREFER TO DELETE THIS PARAGRAPH AND TO USE PARAGRAPH 9 OF OUR EARLIER DRAFT. THIS DEGREE OF DETAIL IS UNNECESSARY AND WILL ONLY SERVE TO CONFUSE THE CHINESE.
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