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FUTURE EGRET

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FROM PEKING 130433Z SEP 24

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 2304 OF 13 SEPTEMBER

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YOUR TELNOS 1799 AND 1790 TO HONG KONG: FUTURE EGRET: PART

THREE OF THE WHITE PAPER.

I HAVE DISCUSSED THE DRAFT IN YOUR SECOND TUR WITH WILSON

AND BURROWS. THE FOLLOWING APE COLLECTIVE COMMENTS ON THE

SECTIONS DEALING WITH ANNEXES I AND IT IN THAT TEXT. I SHALL

COMMENT SEPARATELY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ON THE SECTION ON ANNEX

111 AND ON THE TEXT IN YOUR TELNO 1803 TO HONG KONG AFTER I HAVE

HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSULT MCLAREN.

2.

I STRONGLY AGREE THAT WE SHOULD AS FAR AS POSSIBLE AVOID

PROVOKING CHINESE DISCAIMERS. THEY MAY OBJECT TO THE FACT THAT

THE WHITE PAPER HMG WOULD BE EXPLAINING CHINA'S POST-1997 POLICIES. THIS COULD CAUSE THE CHINESE DIFFICULTIES. HOWEVER, STHIS

IS SOMETHING WHICH THEY (AND WE) WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH.

3. I AGREE THAT NOTES ON THE JOINT DECLARATION ITSELF WILL

BE UNNECESSARY IN THIS SECTION OF THE WHITE PAPER AS THIS IS LARGERLY EXPLAINED IN PART ONE OF THE PAPER.

IF YOU AND HONG KONG FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO

INCLUDE IN PART FOUR OF THE PAPER ARTICLE 31 OF THE CHINESE CONSTITUTION, I DOUBT THAT DOING SO WOULD PROVOKE CRITICISM FROM

THE CHINESE.

MY DETAILED COMMENTS ON THE TEXT IN SECOND TUR ARE IN MIFT.

EVANS

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MR BOYD

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SIR P CRADOCK

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