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FROM PEKING 03083OZ DEC 84

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 2874 OF 3/12/84

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

FUTURE EGRET:

HONG KONG TEL NO 3619 TO YOU:

PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT:

HUK 040/52

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY'

03 DEC 1984

SPEECH IN HONG KONG

#FICER

PA

JAVE HA

STRY Action Taken

11 HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON THE SUGGESTED PASSAGE

FOR INSERTION IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S SPEECH IN HONG KONG

TUR:

(A) PARAGRAPH 9: THE STRONG IMPLICATION IN THIS PARAGRAPH AS PRESENTLY DRAFTED IS THAT WE WERE ACTIVELY

INVOLVED IN THE DRAFTING OF ANNEX 1.

ALTHOUGH THIS REFLECTS REALITY, THE CHINESE WILL

CONTINUE TO BE SENSITIVE TO ANY SUGGESTION IN PUBLIC

THAT ANNEX 1 IS ANYTHING OTHER THAN A GRATUITOUS

ELABORATION OF PARAGRAPH 3 IN THE JOINT DECLARATION.

Į THEREFORE SUGGEST:

(1) THAT THE THIRD SENTENCE BE AMENDED TO:

''THEY WANTED TO BE ASSURED THAT THEIR INVESTMENTS WOULD BE PROTECTED, THEIR SOURCES OF SUPPLY REMAIN RELIABLE,

AND

THEIR FREEDOM TO MOVE FUNDS IN AND OUT REMAIN UNTRAMMELLED.''

(11) DELETION OF THE SIXTH SENTENCE ( IT IS NO ACCIDENT

ECONOMIC RELATIONS""). CHINESE SESIBILITIES APART, THIS

SENTENCE RATHER SUGGESTS THAT WE WERE MORE CONCERNED WITH

ECONOMIC MATTERS RATHER THAN WITH EG HUMAN RIGHTS OR NATIONALITY.

(E) PARAGRAPH 10: THE SECOND SENTENCE TOUCHES ON

THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF THE AGREEMENT.

IN ORDER TO MINIMISE THE CHANCE OF ANY ADVERSE PUBLIC

COMMENT FROM THE CHINESE, I WOULD PREFER THIS SENTENCE (''THERE IS OF COURSE.... ASPECTS OF THE AGREEMENT'')

TO BE DELETED.

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/WE.