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FM UKREP JLG HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY
TELNO 148
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OF 15103OZ MAY 89
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INFO PRIORITY BTC HONG KONG, PEKING, HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 985 AND PEKING TELNO 796: HONG KONG BULL POINTS
1. WE TOO ARE BROADLY CONTENT WITH THE DRAFT. A MORE CONSISTANT STYLE (NOTE FORM OR PROSE, RATHER THAN A MIXTURE) WOULD MAKE IT MORE IMPRESSIVE. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING DETAILED COMMENTS.
(A) PART I, SECOND TIRET: WE WOULD PREFER TO SEE THIS DELETED. IT ADDS NOTHING TO THE SIXT TIRET, EXCEPT AN AIR OF INCREDULITY THAT THE CHINESE SHOULD HAVE PUT THEIR NAMES TO SUCH A STATEMENT. THIS IS PRECISELY THE POINT: MANY PEOPLE (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) STILL DO NOT BELIEVE IT. IN MY CASE, CAN WE REALLY CLAIM, AS THE SECOND AND SIXTH TIRETS TAKEN TOGETHER EFFECTIVELY DO, THAT OUR OBJECTIVE IN NEGOTIATIONS WAS QUOTE ALMOST INCONCEIVABLE UNQUOTE AND YET AT THE SAME TIME THE QUOTE ONLY BASIS UNQUOTE ON WHICH WE WOULD HAVE GIVEN
AGREEMENT?
(B) PART I SEVENTH TIRET: SUGGEST SECOND SENTENCE BE REPHRASED QUOTE PROVIDES SPECIFIC GUARNTEES THAT LIFE IN HONG KONG WILL CONTINUE AFTER 1997 MUCH AS IT DOES NOW UNQUOTE. TO USE THE PHRASE QUOTE VIRTUALLY EVERY ASPECT UNQUOTE PERHAPS GOES TOO FAR: THE CHARACTER OF HONG KONG WILL SURELY CHANGE HOWEVER SUBTLY.
(C) PART II, SECOND TIRET: THIS IS RATHER AN ODD WAY OF PUTTING IT. SUGGEST THIS SHOULD READ QUOTE EVERYTHING WHICH WE HAVE AGREED TO SO FAR WITH THE CHINESE ABOUT HONG KONG'S FUTURE HAS BEEN AGREED WITH THE AIM OF IMPLEMENTING IN PRACTICAL TERMS THE PROVISIONS OF THE
JOINT DECLARATION UNQUOTE.
(D) PART II FIFTH TIRET: SUGGEST FIFTH IN LIST OF ACHIEVEMENTS BE REPHRASED QUOTE THEIR OWN HONG KONG TRAVEL AND IDENTITY DOCUMENTS UNQUOTE SINCE THE SINGLE WORD QUOTE SEPARATE UNQUOTE IS NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR IN THIS CONTEXT.
(E) PART II: SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL TIRET BE ADDED TO THIS SECTION QUOTE SINCE THE JOINT DECLARATION IS AN INTERNATIONALLY BINDING AGREEMENT REGISTERED AT THE UN IT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR
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