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147631 MDLOAN 1130
COMMENTS ON ANNEX A:
(I)
PARA 2, LINE 2: REDRAFT TO READ QUOTE FUGITIVE MAY SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE DEFENCE OR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE PRC UNQUOTE. (HERE AND PASSIM QUOTE DEFENCE OR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE CPG UNQUOTE SHOULD READ QUOTE OF THE PRC UNQUOTE).
(II)
WE WONDER WHETHER PARA 7 IS REALLY NECESSARY. WE THINK IT COULD DELETED. (III)
PARA 8: DELETE FROM THE BEGINNING UP TO QUOTE AND UNQUOTE. THE POINT SEEMS SELF-EVIDENT FROM ALL OUR DISCUSSIONS SO FAR. (IV)
PARA 9: WE SUGGEST THAT THIS BE BROKEN INTO TWO SENTENCES, WITH A FULL STOP AFTER QUOTE CONCLUDED UNQUOTE IN LINE 2, WITH QUOTE AND UNQUOTE DELETED.
(V)
PARA 10: WE DOUBT WHETHER THE CHINESE WOULD AGREE TO THIS, OR THAT IT IS NECESSARY. WE THINK IT BETTER TO DELETE IT
(D) FOURTH TUR:
17. PARA 2: WE ACCEPT THAT YOU SHOULD MAKE THIS POINT AS AN OPENING BID. BUT HOW IN PRACTICE DO YOU ENVISAGE THE CE MAKING REQUESTS (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) DIRECTLY THROUGH DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PRC?
18. PARA 3: WE ARE NOT CLEAR WHAT THE SECOND SENTENCE IS DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE.
18. PARA 5: (I) WE HAVE CONSIDERABLE DOUBTS ABOUT THE USE OF THE WORDS QUOTE SIGNIFICANT RAMIFICATIONS UNQUOTE HERE AND IN PARA 19. SEE OUR COMMENTS ON PARAS 6-7 OF FIFTH TUR IN PARA 26
BELOW.
(II) LINE 8, INSERT QUOTE SO UNQUOTE BEFORE QUOTE TO UNQUOTE. (III) WE BELIEVE THE TIMESCALES YOU PROPOSE WITHIN WHICH THE PRC AUTHORITIES ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE ACTION, IN PARA 5 AS ELSEWHERE, ARE DISTINCTLY OPTIMISTIC GIVEN THE GENERAL WORKRATE OF THE CHINESE BUREAUCRACY. BUT WE AGREE YOU SHOULD BID FOR THEM. 20. PARAS 6, 11 AND 12: WE DO NOT BELIEVE THESE PARAS ARE REALLY NECESSARY. SOME OF THEM MAY PROVOKE THE CHINESE UNNECESSARILY. WE SUGGEST DELETION.
21. PARA 8: AGAIN, WE THINK THE CHINESE WILL FIND IT DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT THE LAST SENTENCE, BUT WE HAVE NO PROBLEM IN YOUR TRYING IT ON.
(E) FIFTH TUR:
22. PARAS 1-3: WE DO NOT HAVE PARTICULAR DIFFICULTY WITH THE POINTS YOU ARE MAKING, BUT, IN THE LIGHT OF DISCUSSIONS SO FAR WITH THE CHINESE SIDE AND THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE REACHED WITH THEM, WE DOUBT THAT THEY ARE LIKELY TO WANT TO GET INVOLVED AT EARLIER STAGES OF THE PROCESS. THEY HAVE CERTAINLY NOT GIVEN ANY HINTS THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO DO SO. INDEED, WE WONDER HOW THEY
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