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FM F C O 961647Z SEP 79
LAST PAPER
TO ROUTINE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 513 OF 6 SEPTEMBER
INFO SAVING HONG KONG.
HKK.75/2.
VLOG REGIS
- 7 SEP 1979
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YOUR TELNO 732 OF 20 AUGUST: SHIPOWNER MISSION.
1. DOT HAVE GIVEN THE GIST OF YOUR TELEGRAM TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF BRITISH SHIPPING WHO ARE PLEASED THAT THE PROPOSAL HAS BEEN WELL RECEIVED ALBEIT ON A PERSONAL BASIS,
2. GCBS WOULD WELCOME AN EARLY INDICATION ON THE POSSIBLE TIMESCALE
OF THE MISSION AND ALSO WHETHER THE CHINESE ARE PREPARED TO DISCUSS THE WIDE RANGE OF MATTERS OUTLINED IN PARA 3 OF MY
TELNO 429.
3. (YOUR PARA 4), WE ARE NOT OPPOSED IN PRINCIPES TO AN UNDERSTANDING ON ACCESS TO CARGO BEING INCLUDED IN A MARITIME
AGREEMENT. BUT THE ADVANTAGE OF A SEPARATE AGREFIENT IS THAT IT
WOULD AT LEAST PROVIDE BRITISH SHIPPING WITH AN ENTRY TO THE
TRADE PENDING CONCLUSION OF THE MARITIME AGREEMENT WHICH MIGHT
TAKE SOME TIME, THERE IS ALSO THE POINT THAT WHILE THE MARITIME AGREEMENT IS THE PROVINCE OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS, THE
WIDERSTANDING ON CARGOES IS FOR THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN TRADE, WE HOPE THEREFORE THAT YOUR CONTACTS WITH THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN
TRADE IN PREPARATION FOR THE SHIPOWER MISSION WILL GIVE YOU THE
OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO PRESS FOR A SPECIFIC RESPONSE TO OUR
PROPOSAL FOR A SEPARATE UNDERSTANDING UNDER THE SCA WHICH WAS
ORIGINALLY PUT TO THE CHINESE IN FERRUARY BEFORE MR VARLEY'S VISIT,
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