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TELEGRAM NUMBER 757 OF 18/5/85

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MY TELNOS 747-50 AND YOUR TEL NO 701 TO HONG KONG AND 456:

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HONG KONG AGREEMENT:

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. AT CHINESE REQUEST, BLUNT AND SMITH SPENT NINETY

MINUTES, THIS AFTERNOON WITH WANG JIAJI, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S HKMO. THE FOLLOWING SUMMARIES DISCUSSION.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RATIFICATION CEREMONY

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2 WANG SAID THE CHINESE SIDE HAD NO OBJECTION IN GENERAL TO OUR DRAFT PRESS STATEMENT (PARAGRAPH 2 OF OUR TEL NO 447) BUT WISHED TO SUGGEST SOME MINOR CHANGES OF LANGUAGE.

HE HANDED OVER THE FOLLOWING COUNTER-DRAFT:

''IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STIPULATIONS OF THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG, SIGNED BY PRIME MINISTER MARGARET THATCHER AND PREMIER ZHAO ZIYANG IN BEIJING ON 19 DECEMBER 1984, THE BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS HAVE DECIDED THAT INSTRUMENTS OF RATIFICATION OF THE JOINT DECLARATION WILL BE EXHCNAGED IN BEIJING ON 27 MAY 1985''. BLUNT UNDERTOOK TO REPORT AND GIVE THE CHINESE SIDE OUR REACTION TO THEIR DRAFT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

TIMING OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF RATIFICATION

3. WANG SAID THE CHINESE SIDE COULD AGREE TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. HOWEVER 20 MAY, WOULD CAUSE THEM DIFFICULTIES.

THEY WOULD PREFER AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON 21 MAY AND SUGGESTED 1500

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