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Confidential
CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 966
270726Z MAY 87
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, BRUSSELS
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YOUR TELNO 501: HONG KONG AND THE CCC
1. AMENDMENTS PROPOSED IN PARA 2 (A) AND (B) OF YOUR TUR CONCERN TRANSMISSION ERRORS WHICH WE HAD BEEN ON THE POINT OF RECTIFYING WHEN YOUR TUR ARRIVED.
2. IN ADDITION, PLEASE NOTE THAT, IN LINE 19 OF PARA 3 OF THE DRAFT CHINESE SPEAKING NOTE, CONVENTION!! (IE SINGULAR) SHOULD BE
SUBSTITUTED FOR CONVENTIONS''. IN LINE 25, ''APPLY** SHOULD BE SUBSTITUTED FOR ''APPY''.
3.
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ON THE OTHER AMENDMENTS SUGGESTED IN PARA 2 OF YOUR TUR, WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
C) AGREED
D) WE ASSUME ''THE'' SHOULD ALSO BE DELETED (FROM BEFORE
'RESPONSIBILITY'')
E) AGREED
F) AGREED
G) ''THE WILL NEED TO PRECEED DECLARATION IN THE FINAL SENTENCE OF PARA 3.
H) AGREED
1) AGREED
4.
SUBJECT TO YOUR CONFIRMATION, WE ARE CONTENT TO APPROACH THE CHINESE WITH THE PROPOSALS IN YOUR TUR, AS MODIFIED BY PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 3 ABOVE. IN DOING SO, WE SHOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO THE CHINESE SIDES PROPOSAL (PARA 3 OF MY TELNO 948) REGARDING TIMING OF CO-ORDINATION OF BOTH SIDES APPROACHES TO THE CCC
SECRETARY-GENERAL. IN RESPONSE TO THE LINE USED BY LIN, SUGGESTED THAT WE SHOULD DAY:
WE
ON TIMING AND CO-ORDINATION OF THE APPROACHES BY THE BRITISH AND CHINESE EMBASSIES IN BRUSSELS TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CCC, WE SUGGEST THAT YOUR EMBASSIES SHOULD NOW BE INSTRUCTED TO LIASIE WITH EACH OTHER WITH A VIEW TO CALLING ON THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ON A
DAY TO BE AGREED BY THEM IN THE WEEK BEGINNING 1 JUNE''. EVANS.
PEHPAN 0941
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH D. (FE)
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PS/MR RENTON
MR MCLAREN MR GILLMORE
COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR HEALD, HHCE, KINGS BEAM HSE,
MARK LANE, LONDON
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