CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO DESKBY 18010OZ HONG KONG
TELNO 1920
OF 17105OZ OCTOBER 90
INFO IMMEDIATE UKMIS GENEVA
CONFIDENTIAL
HKD241
1/8 007 1990
INFO ROUTINE UKREP JLG HONG KONG, PEKING
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YOUR TELNO 3039 (NOT TO PEKING): BILL OF RIGHTS AND UNITED
NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE (UNHRC)
339
450316. MDHOAN 9437
1. WE WELCOME THIS INITIATIVE AND HOPE THAT FURTHER TALKS BETWEEN MESSRS DYKES AND CHEN AND THE UNHRC WILL PROVE USEFUL. WE WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS WITH DARWIN CHEN AFTER HIS TRIP TO GENEVA. WE SUGGEST HE CALL ON HKD AT 10.30 AM ON 29 OCTOBER: WE SHALL ARRANGE MEETINGS WITH PAUL AND MS MAJOR IN HKD AND LEGAL ADVISERS (WE ARE UNABLE TO CONSULT JILL BARRETT BUT ASSUME YOU WILL HAVE DONE SO IN HONG KONG).
2.
WE SHALL, HOWEVER, NEED TO TREAD CAREFULLY. AS YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE GREATEST CHINESE SENSITIVITIES ABOUT THE BILL OF RIGHTS IS THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION. THEY ARE UNHAPPY ABOUT AN INTERNATIONAL BODY HAVING ANY PART IN ARBITRATING OR EVEN ADVISING ON HUMAN RIGHTS LEGAL ISSUES IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997. WE WOULD NOT WANT THEM TO LEARN THAT WE HAD BEEN DISCUSSING CHINESE SENSITIVITIES WITH THE UNHRC. WE ASSUME THAT YOU WILL BE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP KNOWLEDGE OF THE VISIT OUT OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.
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