TNAG-1356-FCO40-1797-Constitutional-development-in-Hong-Kong-1985 — Page 29

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FM PEKING

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 1703

OF 21/11/85

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY - 4 DEC 1985

HONG KONG AGREEMENT

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Redacted under FOI exemption sections. 23 or 24.

AND A SUGGESTION THAT MUCH MIGHT BE GAINED

BY ESTABLISHING A PERSONAL DIALOGUE BETWEEN A MEMBER OF THIS

EMBASSY AND A CHINESE OFFICIAL CONCERNED WITH HONG KONG.

2. I TAKE IT THAT WE ALL STILL FAVOUR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF LESS

FORMAL LINKS BETWEEN THE EMBASSY AND THE HKMO OF THE MFA AND, IF POSSIBLE THE HKMO OF THE STATE COUNCIL, EVEN IF WE CONTEMPLATE

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DIALOGUE ABOUT REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN

HONG KONG. ALTHOUGH WE CANNOT BE SURE THAT THE VIEW OF THE AUTHOR

OF THE SUGGESTION IS SHARED IN PEKING, I SEE MERIT IN THE IDEA

OF WILSON SUGGESTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMAL CONTACT BETWEEN

THE EMBASSY AND THE CHINESE SIDE** TO KE ZAISHUO (AND PERHAPS

ZHENG WEIRONG) NEXT WEEK. THOMSON WOULD, I THINK, BE THE RIGHT

PERSON IN THE EMBASSY TO MAINTAIN SUCH CONTACTS.

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