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YOUR TELNO 1689 AND HONG KONG TELNO 2565: JOINT LIAISON GROUP:

REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

1.

WE ARE CONTENT WITH THE TWO MINOR AMENDMENTS IN PARA 3 OF

HONG KONG TUR. THE EMBASSY SHOULD NOW TAKE ACTION ON THE BASIS

OF THE SPEAKING NOTE IN OUR TELNO 1804 TO HONG KONG AS AMENDED BY

OUR TELNO 1814 TO HONG KONG AND HONG KONG TUR..

2.

WE SHOULD NOT WISH YOU TO TAKE ACTION YOURSELF WITH ZHOU

NAN, BECAUSE OF THE LIKELIHOOD THAT ZHOU NAN WOULD BE UNABLE TO

REFRAIN FROM GIVING AN UNHELPFUL OFF THE CUFF RESPONSE. WE ALSO

THINK THAT IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO ELEVATE DISCUSSION OF THE ISSUE TO A HIGHER LEVEL, WHICH MIGHT RAISE THE TEMPERATURE. WE SHOULD THEREFORE LIKE THOMSON, OR, IF HE HAS ALREADY LEFT, IN HIS ABSENCE BLUNT, TO ACT WITH WANG JIAJI SO THAT THE LEVEL OF THE CONTACT IS THE SAME AS WHEN THE CHINESE MADE THE PROPOSAL TO US.

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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY

LIMITED

HD/HKD

HD/FED

HD/NTD

RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)

DEP HD/PUSD

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PS/MR RENTON

PS/LADY YOUNG

PS/PUS

SIR W HARDING MR WILSON

COPIES TO:

MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD

MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE

MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON

MR NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE

ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.

MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS

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