OCMIAN 0104
SECRET
OO HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
2316452 APR
GRS 400
SECRET
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 1145
OF 231645Z APRIL 87
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
YOUR TELNO 1460: BASIC LAW
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WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
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PARA 4 OF TUR. WE AGREE WITH THE FIRST TWO SENTENCES.
WE ARE NOT SURE THAT THE AIM SUGGESTED IN THE THIRD SENTENCE
WOULD BE ACHIEVABLE.
PARA 5 OF TUR. TEXT OF SECOND SENTENCE, BEGINNING QUOTE
BUT THE LATTER ... UNQUOTE, IS CORRUPT. PLEASE RETRANSMIT.
PARA 6 OF TUR. TELEGRAM AS RECEIVED CONTAINS NO PARA 6,
BUT WE ASSUME IT SHOULD BEGIN AT QUOTE WE TAKE YOUR POINT
UNQUOTE. ON THIS ASSUMPTION, WE ARE CONTENT WITH THIS PARA.
PARA 7 OF TUR. AS YOU KNOW, WE SEE THIS POSITION
SOMEWHAT DIFFERENTLY. BUT WE DO NOT, AT THIS STAGE, WISH TO
DISSENT FROM YOUR PROPOSED TACTICS.
PARA 8 OF TUR. WE DO NOT THINK QUOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE LAW UNQUOTE CAN IN FACT BE INTERPRETED AS MEANING THE LAW OF
THE SAR. IT IS NOT, SURELY, UP TO THE SAR TO SAY WHO SHALL TAKE
PART IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE STATE, THAT IS, THE PRC. THAT IS
WHY WE DRAFTED OUR FORMULA AS WE DID.
PARA 9 OF TUR. WE ORIGINALLY PUT THE EXPRESSION QUOTE OR
THAT STATE'S NATIONALS OUTSIDE THE SAR UNQUOTE IN PARENTHESIS
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