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DESKBY 280100Z HONG KONG AND PEKING

FM FCO 271230Z NOVEMBER 84

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 2352 OF 27 NOVEMBER

AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

HONG KONG AGREEMENT: PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES:

NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES.

1.

HK K

C4C/31

2 8 NOV 1984

WE HAVE COMPILED A MASTER LIST OF NOTES FOR OFFICIALS' USE

DURING THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES ON HONG KONG. IT COMPRISES:

A)

THOSE OF THE NOTES PREPARED FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S

PRESS CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK ON 26 SEPTEMBER (OUR TELNO 500

TO UKMIS NEW YORK) WHICH, WITH APPROPRIATE UPDATING ARE

STILL RELEVANT:

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B)

NOTES DRAFTED HERE TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF MP'S VIEWS ON THE

AGREEMENT:

C)

NOTES WE HAVE PREPARED TO REFLECT KEY CONCERNS EXPRESSED IN

HONG KONG AND REPORTED IN YOUR DAILY PRESS SUMMARY TELEGRAMS

AND/OR IN THE ASSESSMENT REPORT.

WE HAVE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE LIST THE NOTES ALREADY AGREED WITH

YOU ON THE WHITE PAPER ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. (OUR TELNO

2291.) (384) HKCK 011/3

2.

WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO RECEIVE DESKBY 300930Z YOUR

COMMENTS ON THE NOTES REFERRED TO IN PARA 1(B) AND (C) ABOVE AND

WHICH ARE REPRODUCED IN OUR PARA 3 BELOW. (THOSE ON NATIONALITY

AND UNDERTAKINGS HAVE YET TO BE CLEARED BY THE HOME OFFICE.) WE

SHOULD ALSO BE GRATEFUL IF HONG KONG COULD PROVIDE SUGGESTED

LINES TO TAKE FOR QUESTIONS 9, 13, 14 AND 17 AND TO RECEIVE IDEAS

FOR ANY OTHER NOTES WHICH IN YOUR VIEW MIGHT USEFULLY BE

INCLUDED.

3.

A.

FOLLOWING ARE NOTES REFERRED TO IN PARA 2 ABOVE:

AGREEMENT GENERALLY

IS THE AGREEMENT RENEGOTIABLE?

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