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OCMIAN 5353

CONFIDENTIAL

OO HOKON

FM FCOLN TO HOKON

091215Z OCT

GRS 357

CONFIDENTIAL

FM FCO

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 1512

OF 091215Z OCTOBER 85

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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040/15.

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY 10 OCT 1985

DESK DECICER

INDEX

REGISTRY

Aubon Teken

YOUR TELNO 2094 AND PEKING TELNO 1449: PRIME MINISTER'S BILATERAL

WITH ZHAO ZIYANG IN NEW YORK: HONG KONG

1.

WE AGREE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE PRIME MINISTER RAISE GATT

AND AIR SERVICES WITH ZHAO

SINCE THESE TWO ITEMS ARE

THE FIRST

IMPORTANT HONG KONG SUBJECTS TO BE UNDER DISCUSSION WITH THE

CHINESE SINCE RATIFICATION OF THE AGREEMENT, THE POINT COULD BE

MADE THAT THE OUTCOME OF (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) BOTH WILL BE SEEN

AS A TEST OF WHETHER THE CHINESE AND BRITISH SIDES CAN COOPERATE

OVER HONG KONG. ON GATT IT WILL, AS YOU PROPOSE, BE IMPORTANT TO

STRESS THE NECESSITY OF AN EARLY DECISION WHICH REMOVES

UNCERTAINTY IN HONG KONG

ON AIR

SERVICES, WE THINK IT WOULD BE WORTH REPEATING THE POINTS WHICH

THE SECRETARY OF STATE PUT TO WU IN JUNE, NAMELY THAT THERE IS AT

PRESENT A HEAVY PREPONDERANCE IN FAVOUR OF CAAC ON THE ROUTE TO

AND FROM HONG KONG AND THAT WE HOPE FOR A FAIR AGREEMENT TO BE

REACHED, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR A FAIR ROLE FOR CPA.

2.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR OFFER TO SUPPLY A DEFENSIVE

BRIEF ON REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. WE DOUBT THAT ZHAO WOULD

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