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MIPT: JOINT LIAISON GROUP: REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT

FOLLOWING IS DRAFT SPEAKING NOTE FOR THE EMBASSY.

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(A) WE HAVE NOTED THE AGENDA PROPOSAL MADE BY WANG JIAJI

TO THOMSON ON 9 NOVEMBER. WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO AN

EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON THIS MATTER AT THE FORTHCOMING

MEETING, THOUGH THERE ARE A NUMBER OF POINTS IN THE PIECE

OF PAPER HANDED TO THOMSON WITH WHICH WE WOULD NOT AGREE.

(IF ASKED WHAT POINTS YOU SHOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE NOT

PREPARED A DETAILED CRITIQUE BUT THAT FOR EXAMPLE WE

WOULD NOT AGREE THAT ANYTHING WHICH HAS BEEN DONE IN HONG

KONG BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN RISE TO A CERTAIN DISTURBING SITUATION').

(B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF REFERENCE OF THE

JLG, WHICH INCLUDE 'EXCHANGING INFORMATION ON SUCH

SUBJECTS AS MAY BE AGREED BY THE TWO SIDES', WE ARE

PREPARED TO GIVE THE CHINESE SIDE AN ORAL BRIEFING ON THE

CHANGES ARISING OUT OF THE WHITE PAPER WHICH HAVE BEEN

MADE IN HONG KONG. OWING TO THE SHORTNESS OF TIME BEFORE

THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP MEETING WE ARE NOT ABLE TO

PRODUCE A WRITTEN ACCOUNT.

(C) AS THE CHINESE SIDE KNOW, UK MINISTERS AND THE HONG

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