TNAG-2104-FCO40-2997-Legal-matters-between-Hong-Kong-and-China-legal-study-visits-1990 — Page 22

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TELELETTER NFR

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Mr Sainty 6. for ide

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FROM : WILSON FUNG, CAB, HONG KONG

FOLLOWING FOR : S RIORDAN, CHANCERY, PEKING

COPIED TO

: MRS P MAJOR, HKD, FCO

: G H LEICESTER, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

YOUR TELELETTER OF 22.8.90

LEGAL STUDY VISIT

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pe Anoka

1. YOU ASKED IN PARA 3 OF TLUR OUR CURRENT THINKING ON OUR NEXT

VISIT TO PEKING.

2. I WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY AGREEMENT THAT THERE WOULD BE ONE VISIT FROM THE CHINESE AND PERHAPS TWO VISITS FROM OUR SIDE EACH YEAR. RATHER, THE ORIGINAL OBJECTIVE WAS THAT THERE SHOULD BE TWO TO THREE VISITS FROM EACH SIDE EACH YEAR. THIS NOW SEEMS

IMPRACTICABLE AND TOO AMBITIOUS. ALAN PIERCE'S COMMENTS IN FEB (PARA 3 OF TLUR) WERE APPARENTLY MADE ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE CHINESE WOULD RECIPROCATE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR SO THAT THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH TIME FOR A FURTHER VISIT FROM US IN EITHER AUTUMN OR WINTER. ALTHOUGH THE DATE OF THE FORTHCOMING CHINESE VISIT HAS YET TO BE CONFIRMED, IT IS LIKELY TO BE CLOSE TO THE END OF THE YEAR. WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE QUESTION OF THE NEXT VISIT FROM OUR SIDE, WHO WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND, AND WHEN THEY CAN BE FREE FROM LOCAL COMMITMENTS. THIS WILL TAKE A LITTLE TIME. IT WILL VERY PROBABLY BE DIFFICULT FOR US TO FIT IN ANOTHER VISIT THIS YEAR. WE WOULD CERTAINLY NOT WISH TO COMMIT OURSELVES ONE WAY OR THE OTHER AT THIS STAGE.

3.

I SHALL REVERT TO YOU ON THE CHINESE PROPOSED DATES A.S.A.P.

SIGNED WILSON FUNG

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