SES (Mr. J.
(Mr. J. Wilson)
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As discussed I called in Mr. Li Ruohe of the NCNA
this morning. I referred to his request of APA I the other day for more information on our proposal for dialogue on
I handed him a note, of which I attach contingency planning.
a copy (I took the liberty of redrafting slightly the note
I also explained that attached to your minute of 26 March). we did not yet have any clear idea of how the dialogue would be structured. The first step, once political approval for the exercise had been given, was presumably to get together with the JVC and other Chinese officials to discuss modalities.
2.
Mr. Li was grateful for this clarification which he
He said that he thought it might thought would be useful. take the Chinese side some time to process the proposal.
3.
Mr. Li asked how this tied in with the proposal for an independent advisory group. I explained again that these
were two different proposals.
One on liaison over contingency
planning, which was a proposal of the Hong Kong administration, and the second the idea of the LegCo Ad Hoc Committee for an independent advisory group on which the administration had not,
as yet, a position.
taken
I recalled that the LegCo group reported
a favourable reaction when they raised that with Vice Premier
Li Peng.
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