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FROM PEKING 201038Z MAY 85
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 766 OF 20/5/55
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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YOU TEL N -461 AND HONG KONG TEL NO 9530
HONG KONG AGREEMENT, ANNOUNCEMENTS
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22 MAY 1985
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1. BLUNT TOOK ACTION WITH WANG JIAJI THIS MORNING.
LI CHUANSHENG RESPONDED ON SOME
OUTSTANDING POINTS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS TELEGRAM SUMMARISES
THE STATE OF PLAY.
TEXT OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF DATE OF RATIFICATION
2. FINAL TEXT AGREED. THE ENGLISH TEXT WOULD PEFER TO **PROVISIONS'' RATHER THAN STIPULATIONS''.
TIMING OF ANNOUNCEMENT
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3. WANG INITAILLY SAID THAT 1600 LOCAL WAS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT'S DEADLINE. THEY HAVE NOW AGREED TO 1700 (IE 2109OOZ).
ANNOUNCEMENT OF JLG COMPOSITION
4. GIVEN THE HEADING OF PARAGRAPH 1(C) OF YOUR TUR, BLUNT PASSED TO WANG THE TEXT IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF YOUR TEL 701 TO HONG KONG DOWN TO AND INCLUDING THE LIST OF JLG
MEMBERS E NOT INCLUDING THE SECTION ON THE LAND COMMISSION). ON WANG'S POINT ABOUT WHETHER MEMBERS' PRESENT POSITIONS WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE ANNOUNCEMENT (PARAGRAPH 6 OF MY TELNO 757) BLUNT SAID THAT HE IMAGINED THAT YOU WOULD PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO QUESTINONS. LI SUBSEQUENTLY CONFIRMED THAT THE CHINESE SIDE HAD NO OBJECTION TO OUR ANNOUNCEMENT TEXT.
5. THE TEXT OF THE CHINESE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THEIR JLG TEAM, ALSO TO BE REALEASED AT 2109CJZ, IS IN MIFT.-
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE COMPOSITION OF OUR LAND COMMISSION TEAM
6. BLUNT SPOKE AS INSTRUCTED. WANC SAID THAT THE
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