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Mr Pau
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Mr Hill
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HLZX to CED fovemments
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FROM
CO Hum
DATE : 23 November 1987
CONSULATE GENERAL IN HONG KONG
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1.
2.
Please refer to FCO telno 1000 to Peking (attached).
I duly spoke on the basis of that telegram to both Mr David
Ford, the Chief Secretary, and Mr Barrie Wiggham, the Secretary for
General Duties. Mr Ford undertook to find out on what basis his
experts felt that either of the two possible sites should be
developed, and on what terms they might be made available to HMG.
This information will be sent to us by telegram.
3.
As you will know, during the recent JLG meeting the Chinese
asked us informally whether the Hong Kong Government might make land
available to the Chinese Government for the building of a JLG
Office. The Hong Kong Government are now considering how to reply:
it is of course very improbable that a virgin site could be found in
the sort of central position which the Chinese have in mind, quite
apart from the reluctance of the Hong Kong Government to consider
making anything available to the Chinese without cost or at a
"friendship price". If however the Hong Kong Government did feel
that something should be made available to the Chinese at a
friendship price, this would at least remove one inhibition on the makof a similar offer to HMG in connection with our plans for the
Consulate General.
4.
When I called on Mr Reg Holloway, the senior British Trade
Commissioner, I brought him up to date on our recent exchanges with
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