TNAG-1551-FCO40-2115-Possible-cultural-agreement-between-Hong-Kong-and-Japan-1986 — Page 50

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IN PARA 1, YOU SEE ADVANTAGE IN SUCH AN AGREEMENT THEN WE WOULD HAVE NO OBJECTION TO BOYD EXPLORING JAPANESE INTENTIONS IN DISCUSSION WITH THE JAPANESE CONSUL GENERAL ON 20 FEBRUARY. IN THAT EVENT, MIGHT IT NOT BE BETTER TO THINK IN TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT VALID INITIALLY FOR A LIMITED PERIOD, SAY 5 YEARS, RENEWABLE BY MUTUAL CONSENT? THE QUESTION OF CONSULTING THE CHINESE WOULD NOT THEN ARISE: WE COULD SEE HOW THE AGREEMENT WORKED AND DECIDE WHETHER IT WAS WORTH CONTINUING IT: AND IF WE DECIDED IT WAS, WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO CONSIDER THE QUESTION OF CONSULTING THE CHINESE WHEN THE AGREEMENT BECAME DUE FOR THE RENEWAL WHICH WOULD EXTEND IT BEYOND 1997.

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