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FM PEKING 160030Z JAN 79 ·
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 73 OF 16 JANUARY
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG.
АКК 18411
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UK/PRC AIR SERVICES.
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YOUR TELNO.45:
10
HEAD OF CHANCERY GAVE A SECOND REMINDER ON THIS SUBJECT TO CUI MINGTANG (TS'UI MING-T'ANG), DEPUTY HEAD OF WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT ON 12 JANUARY. LATTER SAID THAT THE MATTER
WAS IN HAND AND THAT THEY HOPED TO MAKE PROGRESS SOON. WE TAKE
THIS, COUPLED WITH LIANG'S COMMENTS. REPORTED IN OUR TELNO.17,
TO MEAN THAT THE CHINESE WILL SHORTLY REPLY TO OUR PROPOSAL FOR
A STATEMENT. WE HAVE YET TO OFFER THE FALLBACK POSITION (YOUR TELNO.749 OF 1978)..
2. IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE WOULD PREFER NOT TO PRESS THE MFA
AGAIN TOO QUICKLY AND RISK GIVING THE IMPRESSION CF BEING DEMAN- DEURS. IF WE HEAR NOTHING BY THE END OF THE WEEK HOWEVER WE MIGHT CONTACT WESTERN EUROPEAN DEPARTMENT ONCE AGAIN, MENTION THE POSSIB- ILITY OF ROGERS VISITING CHINA IN MID-FEBRUARY, AND BROACH THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING THE AGREEMENT SIGNED DURING MR VARLEY'S
VISIT.
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