TNAG-1806-FCO40-2567-Chinese-interest-in-the-Hong-Kong-Civil-Service-1988 — Page 31

CONFIDENTIAL

FM PEKING

TO TELELETTER FCO

TELELETTER

016/1

OF 110604Z FEBRUARY 88

AND TO TELELETTER HONG KONG

CONFIDENTIAL

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GR. Pl copy these payers FIFED is and return them to me.

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REF

016/1

11 FEBRUARY 1988

FOLLOWING FOR C O HOM ESQ, HEAD OF HKD, FCO

COPIED TO

RD CLIFT ESQ CMG, PA, HONG KONG

3

CLIFT'S LETTER OF 2 FEBRUARY: CHINESE INTEREST IN HONG KONG CIVIL

SERVICE

UNFORTUNATELY OUR COPY OF THIS LETTER DID NOT INCLUDE THE

ENCLOSURE. ON THE FACE OF IT

1.

/

HOWEVER I AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE BEST

TO CHANNEL THE MAJOR EXCHANGES ON CIVIL SERVICE STRUCTURE AND TRAINING FROM CHINA DIRECT TO LONDON, THE MORE SO AS FAR EASTERN DEPARTMENT HAVE ALREADY HAD A GOOD DEAL OF CONTACT ON THIS WITH THE

CHINESE EMBASSY AND THERE ARE VARIOUS EXCHANGE VISITS ETC ALREADY IN

HAND

·

2. THE POSITION ON FOLLOW-UP TO MARGINAL EXCHANGES ON THIS SUBJECT

DURING JLG VIII WAS REFERRED TO IN MY LETTER OF 7 DECEMBER LAST TO

RIORDAN IN FED COPIED TO KEITH SHIPLEY (BUT NOT

(BUT NOT, I AM AFRAID, TO GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH OR THE POLITICAL ADVISER'S OFFICE). THE

ARRANGEMENT PROPOSED AT THAT STAGE WAS THAT HARNAM GREWAL SHOULD

SEND ANY SUITABLE INFORMATION HE COULD FIND TO MADAME ZHANG IN

LONDON, THUS GETTING THINGS BACK ON TO THE MAIN TRACK AGAIN. I DO NOT KNOW, HOWEVER, WHETHER AND IF SO WHEN ANY ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THIS.

SIGNED.. ..ALYSON J K BAILES

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