TNAG-1783-FCO40-2543-Hong-Kong-Commonwealth-War-Graves-Commission-1988 — Page 20

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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

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PAPER

YOUR TELNO 3058: COMMONWEALTH WAR GRAVES COMMISSION AFTER 1997

THANK YOU FOR TUR. WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR PAPER IN DUE COURSE. IN THE MEANTIME WE WILL BE SENDING A HOLDING REPLY TO THE CWGC WHICH DOES NOT REFER SPECIFICALLY TO POSSIBLE DISCUSSIONS IN THE JLG.

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WE ARE HOWEVER SLIGHTLY DISTURBED BY THE FINAL SENTENCE OF TUR. WE HAVE OF COURSE CONSISTENTLY TOLD THE COMMISSION THAT

THIS SUBJECT WILL BE ONE FOR CONSULTATION WITH THE CHINESE. YOU AND WE HAVE EXPLICITLY MENTIONED DISCUSSIONS IN THE JLG. THE

COMMISSION THEMSELVES REFERRED TO THE JLG WHEN THEY FIRST WROTE TO US AS LONG AGO AS JANUARY 1986. YOUR FINAL SENTENCE IMPLIES THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE CHINESE IN ANY FORUM MAY NOT BE NECESSARY. WE HAVE THE CLEAR IMPRESSION THAT THE CWGC WILL WISH TO HAVE THE REASSURANCE OF A CLEARCUT AGREEMENT WITH THE CHINESE SIDE, WHICH WILL NECESSITATE CONSULTATIONS. ALTHOUGH OUR FIRST THOUGHTS WERE THAT DISCUSSIONS IN THE LAND COMMISSION MIGHT BE SUITABLE, WE BELIEVE THAT THE ISSUES ARE LIKELY TO GO RATHER WIDER.

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