TNAG-1759-FCO40-2511-Future-of-Hong-Kong-10th-meeting-of-the-Sino-British-Joint-L-1988 — Page 16

C T Wood Esq

Hong Kong Department

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Dear Chris,

Awam S

HONG KONG AGREEMENT: TENTH MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP

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1. Thank you for your letter of 29 September about the tenth meeting of the Joint Liaison Group. We today briefed the MFA. I paid a call on Mohd Shahrul bin Ikram, the Assistant Secretary responsible for Hong Kong. I explained the background to JLG X, drawing on FCO telno 674, and handed over the text of the communique.

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Shahrul appeared grateful for the briefing but offered no substantive comment. I asked him frankly whether he found it of use. He said the MFA had a strong interest in developments in Hong Kong. He was keen to have further such briefings in the future.

Incidentally, on feedback, you mention in your para 1 a circular letter of 6 April. We have no trace of this.

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yours ever.

Tim Flear

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