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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
HKK 04/12
4 LAR 1985
FM PEKING 270752Z FEB 85
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 240 OF 27 FEBRUARY.
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG.
MY TELNO 231 HONG KONG AGREEMENT: ALL ON ZHOU NAN
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1. 1 SPENT 70 MINUTES WITH ZHUU NAN THIS MORNING. ZHOU SAID HE WANTED TO HAVE A PRELIMINARY EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON RATIFICATION, THE JLG AND THE LAND COMMISSION. HE WOULD BRIEF ME ON PRELIMINARY CHINESE THINKING. HE DID NOT NECESSARILY EXPECT ME TO RESPOND. (SEE MY 3 IFTS).
2.
TOWARDS THE END OF THE MEETING, I ASKED ZHOU ABOUT CHINESE PLANS
FOR EXTENDING PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES TO THE BRITISH JLG MEMBERS IN PEKING. ZHOU NOTED THAT WE PROPOSED TO COVER THIS PUINT IN THE HONG KONG BILL. HE HAD NOT GIVEN MUCH THOUGHT TO THE QUESTION. HIS PERSONAL VIEW WAS THAT AS PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES WERE COVERED BY THE AGREEMENT, THE NPC WOULD NOT NEED TO LEGISLATE SEPARATELY. HOWEVER HE WOULD NEED TO CONSIDER THE MATTER FURTHER.
3.
I ALSO ASKED ZHOU ABOUT HONG KONG PRESS REPORTS ON THE REORGANISATION OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS OFFICE (HÙNG KONG TELNOS 397 AND 406). ZHOU SAID THAT THE HKMO HAD NEVER FORMALLY BEEN DISCRIBED AS A MINISTRY. IT HAD, HOWEVER, ALWAYS BEEN A UNIT OF MINISTRY STATUS WITHIN THE STATE COUNCIL. ITS STAFF
MIGHT HAVE BEEN REINFORCED, BUT THERE HAD BEEN NO CHANGE IN ITS
STATUS.
4. ! CONCLUDED BY HANDING ZHOU AS A COURTESY COPIES OF THE
PRIME MINISTER'S LETTER TO ZHAO ZIYANG (THE TOP COPY WAS DELIVERED
YESTERDAY TO PROTOCOL DEPARTMENT). ZHOU SAID THAT THE CHINESE SIDE ATTACHED GREATRIMPORTANCE TO LORD YOUNG'S MISSION. THEY HOPED IT WOULD WERING ADVANCES OF SUBSTANCE · ·
IN SINO-BRITISH TECHNÜLUGICAL AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION.
EVANS
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
YR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
OFFICE
MR CARTLEDGE. CABINET OFFICE ER DR C CHRISTOPHER. CABINET OFF.
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