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FM UKREP JLG HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 034
OF 19110OZ AUGUST 88
AND TO ROUTINE PEKING
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG
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MY TELNO 30: MEETING WITH WANG, 19 AUGUST: ASAS
1. WANG FAILS TO PRODUCE CHINESE SIDE'S GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR ASAS OUTSIDE THE SEPARATION PLAN. HE WOULD PREFER TO DEAL WITH OTHERS ON THE LIST OF 24 BEFORE TACKLING SOUTH AFRICA AND SOUTH KOREA.
A SAS OUTSIDE THE SEPARATION PLAN
2. I PRESSED WANG AGAIN TO COME UP WITH THE CHINESE SIDE'S PREFERRED GUIDING PRINCIPLES. HE REPLIED RATHER VAGUELY THAT HE DID NOT YET HAVE ANYTHING TO OFFER. I STRESSED THAT WE WERE HOPING FOR AGREEMENT, ON THESE PRINCIPLES AND ON HK/BRUNEI, AT JLG X, AND THAT WE COULD BEGIN DISCUSSING THE MATTER NEXT WEEK ON THE BASIS OF THE BRITISH SIDE'S THINKING I ADDED THAT WE SAW NO NEED FOR THESE ASAS TO BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY FROM THOSE ON THE LIST OF 24. WANG SAID THE CHINESE SIDE WAS STILL WORKING ON THE PROBLEM, BUT HOPED TO MAKE ENOUGH PROGRESS TO EXCHANGE VIEWS BEFORE JLG X.
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3. I SPOKE ON LINES OF TUR AS MODIFIED BY YOUR TELNO 19 AND PEKING TELNO 1388, CONCLUDING THAT WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THIS SUBJECT FURTHER WITH THE CHINESE SIDE IN DUE COURSE. WANG SAID HE HAD EARLIER GIVEN ME AN INDICATION OF THE CHINESE SIDE'S CONCERNS ON A PERSONAL BASIS. THE CHINESE SIDE WERE STILL RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM. FOR HONG KONG TO CONCLUDE AN ASA WITH SOUTH KOREA OR SOUTH AFRICA WOULD CREATE POLITICAL, DIPLOMATIC AND LEGAL PROBLEMS. BUT THEY RECOGNISED THE IMPORTANCE OF AIR SERVICE ARRANGEMENTS (HIS WORD) WITH THESE COUNTRIES THE BRITISH SIDE WERE PURSUING THE LIST OF 24 ASAS IN THE
SEPARATION PLAN ONE BY ONE. SINCE BY THIS PROCESS THE QUESTION OF CONCLUDING A FORMAL ASA WITH EITHER SOUTH AFRICA OR SOUTH KOREA WAS BOUND TO ARISE THE CHINESE SIDE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE PRUDENT TO LEAVE THESE DIFFICULT COUNTRIES TILL LATER IN THE PROCESS, DEALING WITH OTHER COUNTRIES ON THE LIST FIRST. IF THE NEED TO NEGOTIATE AN ASA WITH EITHER COUNTRY AROSE IN THE MEANTIME, HE HOPED THE BRITISH
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