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HKK 011/1 RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
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- 6 JUN 1986
CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 963
OF 040742Z JUNE 86
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INDEX
STRY
Acuon Taken
AB 616.
YOUR TELNO.1034 TO HONG KONG AND HONG KONG TELNO.1696: EXCHANGES WITH THE CINESE ON THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT.
1. WE AGREE THAT IT IS HIGHLY DESIRABLE TO KEEP DISCUSSION OF THIS SUBJECT OFF THE AGENDA OF JLG IV, FOR THE REASONS WHICH HAVE BEEN REHEARSED ELSEWHERE. WE ALSO AGREE THAT THE APPROACH SUGGESTED IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF YOUR TUR PRESENTS THE ARGUMENTS COGENTLY.
2. WE THINK IT UNLIKELY, HOWEVER, THAT THE CHINESE WILL AGREE TO THE SUBJECT NOT REPEAT NOT BEING DISCUSSED AT ALL AT JLG IV. WE THEREFORE THINK IT BETTER TO BE PREPARED TO CONCEDE THAT IT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED IN THE MARGINS OR IN AN INFORMAL WAY THAN CONTINUE TO
FACE CHINESE INSISTENCE THAT IT SHOULD BE A FULL AGENDA ITEM. KE HAS ALREADY INDICATED THAT BY JLG CHANNELS' THE CHINESE DO NOT
NECESSARILY MEAN FULL DISCUSSION AT JLG (PARAGRAPH 10 OF YOUR TELNO
973 TO HONG KONG). IF ZHOU NAN PRESSES FOR JLG DISCUSSION OF THIS SUBJECT DURING HIS MEETING WITH MR. RENTON, WE SUGGEST THAT MR. RENTION SHOULD RESTATE THE REASONS WHY WE DO NOT FAVOUR THIS SUT THAT WE SHOULD SUBSEQUENTLY BE ASKED TO GO BACK TO THE CHINESE THROUGH THE MFA HERE AND PROPOSE THAT THE SUBJECT BE REVIEWED IN AN INFORMAL MEETING BETWEEN ONE OR TWO MEMBERS OF EACH SIDE IN THE
MARGINS OF JLG IV.
3. WILL YOU WISH ME TO BE PRESENT WHEN MR. RENTON MEETS ZHOU ?. I
ASSUME SO. THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG REMAINS AT THE HEART OF MY WORK HERE AND I AM SURE THAT I WOULD LOSE IN CHINESE EYES IF I WERE NOT
TO BE PRESENT.
EVANS
LIMITED
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PSMRRENTON. SIR. N. HARDING
DR. Wilson
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