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THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN

CLOSED UNDER

FOI EXEMPTION NO27(1)&.40(3)

prearranged

scheme to

preempt the Basic Law as they

and that our intention is to maintain a dialogue with them

have

по

fear;

as

review emerges

to

the 1987 of

in order

possible that this "converges" with the plans

outcome the likely

ensure as far as

The

that they a re n ow formulating in their draft Basic Law. Chinese have been somewhat reassured by this dialogue, but some

of them rema i n

of suspicious

long term intentions constitutional development. It may well be that

Our

on

that Sir Y K seeks

to raise these continuing Chinese concerns with the Minister (he did so with senior FCO officials here a year ago).

Joint Liaison Group

7.

First meeting of the Joint Liaison Group (JLG) took place in London in July 1985; second meeting in Peking in November 1985 and third meeting in Hong Kong 11-14 March 1986.

8.

One of the main topics discussed in JLG has been Hong Kong's

continued participation in the GATT.

9.

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