?JAN-MARCH 1987
?MARCH 1987
?APRIL 1987
POSSIBLE VISIT TO HONG KONG BY ZHOU NAN OR OTHERS.
- OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN STATE OF HONG KONG
OPINION.
MEETING BETWEEN SECRETARY OF STATE AND WU ON LATTER'S VISIT TO EUROPE, OR VISIT BY MR. RENTON
TO PEKING (AND HONG KONG).
- DISCUSSION OF THE PAPER HANDED OVER IN JANUARY/
FEBRUARY.
-
PRESENTS OTHER MAIN THEMES OF GREEN PAPER.
MEETING BETWEEN SECRETARY OF STATE AND WU
IN BANGKOK.
-
ANSWERS ANY RESIDUAL QUESTIONS ON THE GREEN
PAPER.
?SUMMER/AUTUMN VISIT TO PEKING BY NEW GOVERNOR.
1987
DESCRIBES EVOLVING STATE OF HONG KONG OPINION.
?AUTUMN 1987
VISIT TO BRITAIN BY WU XUEQIAN.
LATE 1987/
EARLY 1988
- OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO FORESHADOW THEMESE OF
WHITE PAPER.
?VISIT TO PEKING BY SECRETARY OF STATE (DEPENDING ON
LIKELY OUTCOME OF REVIEW)
DESCRIBES CONTENT OF WHITE PAPER.
HANDLING OF THE GREEN PAPER
21.
A DIFFICULT POINT FOR US TO DECIDE IS THE NATURE OF OUR CONTACTS WITH THE CHINESE OVER THE GREEN (AND IN DUE COURSE, THE WHITE) PAPER. THE CHINESE HAVE ASKED FOR ENOUGH ADVANCE NOTICE QUOTE TO PERMIT STUDY UNQUOTE. IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH PAST PRACTICE (FOR EXAMPLE, IN 1984) FOR US TO GIVE THE CHINESE AN ADVANCE TEXT A SHORT TIME BEFORE PUBLICATION, BUT FORMAL
CONSULTATION ON THE BASIS OF A DRAFT WOULD LEAVE US OPEN TO
UNDESIRABLE PRESSURES.
22.
THE FOLLOWING APPROACH MIGHT BEST RECONCILE OUR VARIOUS
OBJECTIVES :
(1)
THE GENERAL THEMES TO BE COVERED IN THE GREEN PAPER, AND THE APPROACH TO BE ADOPTED TO THE ISSUE OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE LEGISLATURE, WOULD BE THOROUGHLY EXPLAINED TO THE CHINESE OVER THE
SECRET
/MONTHS
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.