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SECRET

SECRET

FM FCO

HKC340

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

TO DESKBY 27010OZ HONG KONG 27 MAR 1990

TELNO 653

OF 26180OZ MARCH 90

DESK ON ICE.

INDEX

PA

RESISTRY

Action Taken

AND TO DESKBY 2701002 PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG

ING.

123652 MDHOAN 5878

Pa N72713

YOUR TELNOS 1045, 1046 AND 1047: UK NATIONALITY SCHEME BRIEFING THE CHINESE

1. WE ARE CONTENT WITH YOUR SPEAKING NOTES CA) AND (D) IN YOUR TELNOS 957 AND 959 AS AMENDED BY PEKING TELNO 420. WE ALSO AGREE WITH THE PROPOSED REVISIONS OF OUR SPEAKING NOTES (B) AND (C) IN TURS.

2. WE AGREE THAT HMA PEKING SHOULD NOW MAKE A VERY EARLY APPROACH TO THE MFA (SAY 28 MARCH) FOLLOWED BY A MORE INFORMAL BRIEFING THROUGH THE JLG CHANNEL IN HONG KONG (ON, SAY, 30 MARCH). THE PRIME MINISTER HAS SEEN THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR CON 19 MARCH) AND LORD YOUNG HAS BEEN BRIEFED TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE PACKAGE AS ENVISAGED IN OUR TELNO 537. 3. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD TELEGRAPH TEXTS, AS YOU SUGGEST,

DESKBY 271UOOZ.

4.

WE HAD NOT ENVISAGED A FURTHER COMPREHENSIVE Q AND A BEING REQUIRED. WE BELIEVE THAT THE MATERIAL ALREADY PREPARED SHOULD SUFFICE. THE QUESTION FAXED TO PAUL, HKD, ON 21 MARCH DOES NOT SEEM TO US TO BE ONE THE CHINESE ARE LIKELY TO RAISE. IF YOU THINK FURTHER DEFENSIVE MATERIAL IS NECESSARY, GRATEFUL FOR A DRAFT DESKBY 2710ODZ.

HURD

YYYY

DISTRIBUTION

60

ΜΑΙΝ

57

.HONG KONG AGREEMENT

. (RESTRICTED)

LIMITED

HKD

HD/FED

PUSD

NEWS D

PS/MR MAUDE

PS/LORD BRABAZON

MR GILLMORE

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