CONFIDENTIAL
074407
MDHOAN 1461
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE
TELNO 1206
HONG KONG
OF 26120OZ JUNE 90
HKC040/1 насочо
Met
27 JUN 1990
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STRY
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, PEKING
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UKREP JLG TELNO 151 AND YOUR TELNO 1839: JLG SUBJECT CHECK LIST
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1 MINISTERS WERE GRATEFUL FOR THIS MATERIAL, WHICH WILL SERVE AS A USEFUL COMPREHENSIVE CHECKLIST OF ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION UP TO 1997, AND WHICH WILL HELP US TO GAUGE THE PROGRAMME OF WORK NECESSARY IN THE REMAINING YEARS OF TRANSITION. SUCH A LIST MUST CLEARLY BE FOR OUR OWN INTERNAL PURPOSES ONLY.
MINISTERS WOULD HOWEVER LIKE US TO COMPILE A SHORTER LIST OF ISSUES WHICH WE THINK THE JLG SHOULD ADDRESS
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OVER THE NEXT YEAR, FOR HANDING TO THE CHINESE.
THIS QUOTE AGENDA UNQUOTE WOULD ONLY INCLUDE THOSE ITEMS ON WHICH WE ARE PREPARED TO GIVE THE CHINESE ADVANCE WARNING: WE WOULD AVOID SETTING HARES RUNNING IN PEKING BY OMITTING ANY ISSUES WHICH WERE POTENTIALLY CONTROVERSIAL OR LIKELY TO PROVOKE CHINESE OPPOSITION. IN PRESENTING SUCH A LIST, THE AIM OF WHICH WOULD BE TO DEMONSTRATE THE EXTENT OF THE WORK THAT IS TO BE DONE, AND TO HELP TO CONVINCE THEM THAT WE ARE TAKING SERIOUSLY THEIR CALLS FOR GREATER COOPERATION, WE COULD MAKE IT CLEAR TO THEM THAT THE LIST WAS INTENDED TO BE ILLUSTRATIVE, RATHER THAN EXHAUSTIVE, AND THAT FURTHER TOPICS MIGHT BE ADDED SUBSEQUENTLY.
3. MR MAUDE WOULD LIKE TO HAND OVER THE FIRST SUCH LIST DURING HIS VISIT TO PEKING, IN ORDER TO ADD SUBSTANCE TO THE POINTS HE WILL BE MAKING ABOUT THE NEED FOR COOPERATION IN
THE JLG.
4.
WE APPRECIATE THE POINTS MADE IN YOUR TELNO 1839 AND IN UKREP JLG TELNO 151. BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THE APPROACH OUTLINED ABOVE WOULD AVOID THE DIFFICULTIES AND PITFALLS WHICH YOU HAVE
HIGHLIGHTED.
SUBJECT TO ANY FURTHER VIEWS YOU OR UKREP JLG MIGHT HAVE, WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT LIST IN MIFT,
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