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FM PEKING
HKC400/1
TO DESKBY 15020OZ HONG KONG
TELNO 1600
OF 150127Z NOVEMBER 90
INFO IMMEDIATE F CO
Q346
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YOUR TELNO 3346 TO FCO : NCNA'S STATUS.
1. PARA 7 OF TUR NO OBJECTION (YAWN).
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YOUR TELNO 3346: NCNA'S STATUS
1.
WE AGREE THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN AGREED FACTUAL LINE ON NCNA'S STATUS WHICH YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE IN RESPONSE TO PRESS QUESTIONS.
2. ALTHOUGH NCNA'S REACTION HAS NOT BEEN HELPFUL, WE SEE LITTLE POINT IN RUSHING TO ISSUE THE STATEMENT, ESPECIALLY BEFORE YANG YOUYONG HAS HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK AGAIN WITH PEKING. THIS WOULD BE BOUND TO PROVOKE THE CHINESE AND MAKE THE TASK OF ACHIEVING AN AGREED LINE ALL THE MORE DIFFICULT. THERE SEEMS TO US NO OPERATIONAL NEED FOR YOU TO SAY ANYTHING ON 15 NOVEMBER: WHILST YOU CANNOT LEAVE THE ATV QUESTION UNANSWERED INDEFINITELY, WE ASSUME THAT A FEW MORE DAYS WOULD MAKE NO REAL DIFFERENCE.
3. WE SHOULD THEREFORE PREFER YOU TO REVERT TO YANG ON
15 NOVEMBER REPEATING YOUR POINTS ON THE NEED FOR AN EARLY STATEMENT AND ASKING FOR A FULLER EXPLANATION OF CHINESE DIFFICULTIES. YOU COULD ALSO EXPLAIN THAT YOU SIMPLY COULD NOT DELAY INDEFINITELY A REPLY TO ATV.
4.
IN ANY CASE, IT SHOULD NOT PROVE TOO DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE A FORM OF WORDS ACCEPTABLE TO THE CHINESE, DRAWING AS APPROPRIATE ON THE VERSIONS IN PARAS 4 AND 5 OF YOUR TUR. YOU COULD USE THE FIRST SENTENCE OF THE NCNA STATEMENT, FOLLOWED BY A SHORTENED VERSION OF YOUR OWN DRAFT STATEMENT, AS FOLLOWS:
'NCNA IS AN OFFICIAL BODY REPRESENTING THE CENTRAL PEOPLE'S GOVERNMENT IN HONG KONG. THE REPRESENTATIVE AND OFFICIAL NATURE OF ITS WORK IS TAKEN FULLY INTO ACCOUNT BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IN ITS ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE ORGANISATION, ITS PROPERTY AND ITS STAFF.'
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