TNAG-1655-FCO40-2303-Hong-Kong-and-the-Customs-Co-operation-Council-(CCC)-1987 — Page 165

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INFO ROUTINE UKREP BRUSSELS, HONG KONG, PEKING

MY FIFTH IPT: HONG KONG AND THE CCC

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FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF SPEAKING NOTE BEING EMPLOYED BY

PEKING IN PUTTING OUR PROPOSALS FOR THE APPROACH TO THE CCC TO

THE CHINESE:

BEGINS

ON 1 APRIL LIN ZHIYING ASKED WHETHER WE HAD ANY THOUGHTS

ON THE TERMS OF A JOINT APPROACH TO THE CCC SECRETARIAT FOLLOWING

THE AGREEMENT REACHED AT JLGVI. NOW ABLE TO LET CHINESE SIDE

HAVE OUR VIEWS.

WE SUGGEST THAT BRITISH AND CHINESE EMBASSIES IN BRUSSELS

BE INSTRUCTED TO SEEK AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

OF THE CCC AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE AGREE WITH THE VIEW EXPRESSED

BY WANG WEIYANG ON 10 APRIL THAT THE TWO EMBASSIES SHOULD LIAISE

LOCALLY ON THE BEST MEANS OF MAKING THIS INITIAL APPROACH. THE

EMBASSIES SHOULD ALSO AGREE LOCALLY ON A SUITABLE DATE FOR THE

APPOINTMENTS. WE CAN ALSO AGREE THAT THE APPROACHES COULD BE

MADE SEPARATELY, ONE AFTER THE OTHER, THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO TAKE ACTION FIRST, WITH HIS CHINESE COUNTERPART FOLLOWING . WE

SUGGEST THAT BOTH EMBASSIES BE GIVEN SUFFICIENT DETAILED

BACKGROUND CONCERNING THE AGREEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN REACHED BETWEEN

THE BRITISH AND CHINESE SIDES ON THE CONTINUED PARTICIPATION OF

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