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6. DAVIES SAID HE WAS SURPRISED AT THIS RESPONSE. AWARE THAT MR PARRY HAD ARRIVED IN HONG KONG. BUT MR GOODLAD HAD ASKED FOR A REPLY TO HIS REPRESENTATIONS. YOU HAD BEEN RECEIVED
IN THE MFA BY THE DEPUTY HEAD OF DEPARTMENT SONG AND NOT BY THE DIRECTOR. WE HAD NOTED
WHAT SONG HAD SAID BUT WE WERE STILL NOT SATISFIED ON TWO POINTS. NO EXPLANATION HAD BEEN GIVEN ABOUT WHY OUR EMBASSY HAD BEEN DENIED ACCESS TO OR INFORMATION ABOUT MR PARRY, DESPITE REPEATED REQUESTS. SECONDLY, NO SATISFACTORY RESPONSE HAD BEEN RECEIVED TO YOUR URGENT REQUEST TO SEE A VICE MINISTER TO DISCUSS THE MATTER. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, A FURTHER EXPLANATION AND RESPONSE TO MR GOODLAD'S ENQUIRIES WERE STILL IN ORDER.
7. HU RATHER LAMELY REPEATED IN TERMS THE CHINESE LINE ON MR PARRY'S ALLEGED OFFENCE AND BREACH OF HIS TOURIST STATUS. DAVIES SAID THAT WE HAD TAKEN NOTE OF THESE POINTS. BUT WE STILL REQUIRED A SATISFACTORY RESPONSE ON OUR TWO OTHER POINTS. HE HOPED THAT AMBASSADOR MA COULD PROVIDE THESE AFTER THE HOLIDAY EITHER TO MR GOODLAD, OR IF HE WERE NOT AVAILABLE, TO A SENIOR OFFICIAL.
8. AS TO WHETHER YOU SHOULD ASSOCIATE YOURSELF WITH A JOINT DEMARCHE AT A HIGHER LEVEL (YOUR TELNO 616), WE WOULD ONLY SEE ADVANTAGE IN THIS IF ALL THE EMBASSIES INVOLVED TOOK PART. WE TEND TO AGREE THAT AN ANGLO-FRENCH DEMARCHE ALONE MIGHT HAVE DISADVANTAGES, FOR THE REASONS YOU GIVE. BUT YOU HAVE STILL NOT HAD YOUR CALL ON JIANG ENZHU SO A JOINT DEMARCHE WOULD REINFORCE OUR DISSATISFACTION OVER CHINESE FAILURE TO PROVIDE RAPID ACCESS OR INFORMATION.
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