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POST-1997 US PRESENCE IN HONG KONG
1.
SUE AND I HAD LUNCH A QUATRE WITH MY US COLLEAGUE AND HIS WIFE ON 27 JANUARY. STAPLETON ROY USED THE OCCASION TO PICK MY BRAINS ON QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE FUTURE US
REPRESENTATION IN HONG KONG.
2. ROY SAID THAT THIS WAS A QUESTION TO WHICH PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATION WAS ALREADY BEING GIVEN. THERE WERE DIFFERING, SOMETIMES ENTRENCHED, VIEWS AMONG THE VARIOUS AGENCIES INVOLVED AND ROY DID NOT ALTOGETHER TRUST THE OBJECTIVITY OF THE PEOPLE
CONCERNED IN HONG KONG. THE QUESTIONS IN HIS MIND INCLUDED:-
(1) WHETHER THE POST-1997 CONSULATE GENERAL SHOULD BE REGARDED AS JUST ANOTHER CHINA CONSULATE REPORTING TO THE AMBASSADOR IN PEKING OR WHETHER IT SHOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF INDEPENDENT STATUS. THE US/CHINA CONSULAR AGREEMENT PROVIDED FOR EACH SIDE TO MAINTAIN FIVE CONSULAR POSTS, WHICH THE US ALREADY HAD (PEKING, SHANGHAI, CANTON, CHENGDU, AND SHENYANG). HONG KONG WOULD BE AN ADDITION. THERE WAS A QUESTION WHETHER THE CONSULAR AGREEMENT WOULD NEED TO BE AMENDED
TO DEAL WITH IT.
(2) WHETHER THE HONG KONG CONSULATE GENERAL SHOULD CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT ALL OF ITS PRESENT FUNCTIONS INCLUDING THE CHINA WATCHING ROLE WHICH WAS TO SOME EXTENT A LEFT-OVER FROM THE PAST.
(3)
WHETHER SHIP VISITS WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTINUE ON ANYTHING LIKE THEIR PRESENT PATTERN, AND WHAT WOULD BE THE STATUS OF THE MILITARY
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