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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 4573
OF 040805Z DECEMBER 87
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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PEKING TELNO 2098: HONG KONG/JAPAN CULTURAL AGREEMENT.
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THE EXCHANGE OF NOTES HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO TUESDAY 15 DECEMBER, AT THE REQUEST OF THE JAPANESE, TO ENABLE THE VICE CHANCELLOR OF HONG KONG UNIVERSITY TO ATTEND. WITH APOLOGIES TO PEKING FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, GRATEFUL IF THEY COULD LET
THE CHINESE KNOW.
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WE ARE GRATEFUL TO PIGOTT FOR COPING WITH THE TIRESOME WANG WIEYANG. IF FURTHER ARGUMENTS ARE NEEDED, PEKING MAY CARE TO DRAW
ON THE FOLLOWING POINTS:
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(A) THE AGREEMENT IS NO MORE THAN A (NECESSARY) DEVICE TO ENABLE THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO GIVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
MONEY TO HONG KONG UNIVERSITY. AS FAR AS WE ARE CONCERNED, THAT IS ALL THERE IS TO IT. IT DOES NOT HERALD ANY WIDER CHANGE IN THE WAY HONG KONG HANDLES ITS ''CULTURAL'' DEALINGS
WITH OTHER PLACES.
(B) THE GRANT WILL BE MADE AND SPENT BY 31 MARCH 1988.
NEITHER WE NOR THE JAPANESE SEE THE AGREEMENT BEING EXTENDED TO LAST BEYOND 1997, NOR DO EITHER SIDE SEE IT AS ANY KIND OF PRECEDENT FOR ''FUTURE AGREEMENTS WHICH COULD BE LONGER LASTING'' (TUR PARA 6): WE HAVE NO SUCH AGREEMENTS IN MIND.
(C) THE PURPOSE OF INFORMING THE CHINESE HAS BEEN PRECISELY SO THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE LIMITED
SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT.
INCIDENTALLY, WE WONDER IF THE REFERENCE TO SECTION 9 OF JD ANNEX 1 (TUR, PARA 5B), SHOULD IN FACT READ SECTION 11. SECTION 9 REFERS TO CIVIL AVIATION, AND REQUIRES SPECIFIC AUTHORISATIONS''. IT IS SECTION 11, IN PARTICULAR JD 134 AND 139, THAT REFER TO INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS IN THE CULTURAL AND OTHER FIELDS. IF PEKING NEED TO SPEAK AGAIN ON THE MATTER OF ENTRUSTMENTS,
WE
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