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DD 02010OZ PEKING

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FM FCO 011400Z JULY 85

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 586 OF JULY

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AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

OUR TELNOS 909 AND 916: HONG KONG: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: JOINT LIAISON GROUP: HONG KONG'S FUTURE POSITION IN THE GATT, MFA AND

CCC, AND HONG KONG AND THE ADB

1. MY TWO IFTS CONTAIN THE FINAL TEXTS OF THE PAPERS ON HONG

KONG'S FUTURE POSITION IN THE GATT, MFA AND CCC, AND ON HONG KONG AND THE ADB, BOTH APPROVED BY MINISTERS.

2.

PLEASE HAND THEM TO THE CHINESE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE

SHALL PASS COPIES TO CHEN ZIYING HERE.

3. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF HONG KONG COULD NOW FINALISE THE

CHINESE TRANSLATIONS AND SEND THEM TO PEKING FOR HANDING OVER

(AND COPY THEM TO US) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THEY MAY WISH

SEPARATELY TO GIVE QIAO ZONGHUAI COPIES OF THE PAPERS IN ENGLISH

AND CHINESE.

HOWE

HONG KONG AGREEMENT

LIMITED

HD/HKD

HD/FED

HD/PLANNING STAFF

HD/PUSD

DEP HD/PUSD

RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER)

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PS/MR LUCE

PS/PUS

SIR W HARDING

MR WILSON

SIR J FREELAND

COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)

MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET

MR MALLABY

OFFICE CABINET OFFICE MR DR C CHRISTOPHER. CABINET OFF.

SIR P CRADDOCK, No. 10 DOWNING ST.

MR J CROWLEY, PUSD

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