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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 3690
OF 12105OZ DECEMBER 90
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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HiCC 18212
14DEC 90.
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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006640 MDHIAN 3962
PERSONAL FOR MARSDEN, HKD FROM GOVERNOR
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YRTELNO 2349 AND PEKING TELNO 1733: PADS: THE WAY FORWARD
1. ON REFLECTION I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE CHINESE AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE TO DIGEST THE RESULTS OF THE SECOND ROUND OF EXPERT TALKS BEFORE MY VISIT. THE CHINESE BUREAUCRATIC MACHINE, AS WE ALL KNOW, GRINDS SLOWLY.
2. UNLESS PEKING THEREFORE SEE ANY OBJECTION, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TALKS ON 10 AND 11 JANUARY RATHER THAN 14 AND 15 JANUARY. GIVEN THE NEED TO LET EXCO KNOW OF THE BROAD LINES OF OUR PRESENTATION TO THE CHINESE, AND IN PARTICULAR THE MAIN POINTS WHICH WE WILL MAKE ON THE AIRPORT RAILWAY AND RUNWAYS, THESE ARE THE EARLIEST PRACTICAL DATES IN JANUARY.
3 I SUGGEST THAT WE SHOULD OPERATE IN PARALLEL, I.E. THAT PEKING SHOULD PUT OUR IDEAS ON THE SECOND ROUND TO THE MFA AND WE SHOULD TALK TO THE NCNA, BOTH TO ACT ON 14 DECEMBER.
4. WE WILL RESPOND SEPARATELY TO THE POINTS IN PARA 3 OF YRTUR.
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