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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
YOUR TELNO 1034 AND PEKING TELNO 522: LOCALISATION OF JP SYSTEM
1. Thank you for TUR. We agree that there would be merit in trying to ensure that the JP system continues after 1997. We see no difficulty in principle with amending the Letters Patent to this effect though of course this would have to be taken forward formally at a later stage and put to Ministers for their approval.
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2. We agree with Peking that, although not a particularly weighty or contentious issue, the Chinese may well find difficulty with it for symbolic/sovereignty reasons. It will therefore be important, as you have already recognised, to
consult the Chinese fully on the subject.
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