TNAG-1388-FCO40-1859-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Sino-British-Joint-Declaration-1985 — Page 232

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DESKBY 28103OZ

FM HONG KONG 230945Z FEB 85

TO IMMEDIATE FOO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 426 OF 28 FEBRUARY

INFO PRIORITY PEKING

42

43

415/3 и

PEKING TELNOS 240 AND 241: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: CALL ON ZHOU NAN.

1. 1 NOTE FROM THE INITIAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE AMBASSADOR AND ZHOU NAN THAT THE CHINESE ARE LIKELY TO ACCEPT RATIFICATION TAKING PLACE BY THE END OF MAY.

2. AT TOMORROW'S MEETING OF EXCO, I WILL MENTION IN GENERAL TERMS THE TWO POINTS RAISED BY ZHOU NAN AT PARA 4 A AND B OF SECOND

TEL UNDER REF.

3. IF THERE ARE FURTHER POINTS ARISING FROM THE INTERVIEW YOU WOULD WISH ME TO RAISE WITH EXCO PLEASE NOTIFY DESKBY 0101002.

YOUDE

HONG KONG AGREEMENT

LIMITED

HD/HKD

HD/FED

HD/PLANNING STAFF

HD/PUSD

DEP HD/PUSD

RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER)

PS

PS/MR LUCE

PS/PUS

SIR W HARDING

MR WILSON

SIR J FREELAND

MR J CROWLEY, PUSD

COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)

MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET

OFFICE

MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE MR D B C CHRISTOPHER, CABINET OFF.

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