CONFIDENTIAL
FM UKREP JLG HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY
TELNO 26
FCO
OF 04020OZ AUGUST 88
AND TO PRIORITY PEKING
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG
15.
is
ILEX (031/25)
Defence& P. Order (062/1)
CONFIDENTIAL
HWC 031/24.
нис
4 AUG 1983
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MDLIAN 7335
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MY TELNO 25: MEETING WITH WANG 3 AUGUST
1. CHINESE AGREE AGENDA FOR JLG X AND, IN PRINCIPLE, DATES FOR JLG XI.
AGENDA FOR JLG X
2. MIFT CONTAINS WANG'S SPEAKING NOTE AGREEING TO ALL PROPOSED AGENDA ITEMS. HIS COMMENTS ON EACH ITEM WERE GENERALLY PREDICTABLE. HE SAID THAT NONE OF THE ISSUES REQUIRED FURTHER EXPERT TALKS BEFORE JLG X (APART FROM EXTRADITION, OF COURSE) BUT SAID IF NECESSARY THE CHINESE SIDE MIGHT RAISE A FEW QUESTIONS ON SOME ITEMS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. WE WILL NEED TO RESPOND TO THE COMMENTS ON SUBJECTS FOR PRIVATE MEETINGS (PARA 2 OF WANG'S SPEAKING NOTE) IN DUE COURSE.
HONG KONG/BRUNEI ASA
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3. IN HANDING OVER THE ANSWERS TO THE CHINESE QUESTIONS (PARA 3 OF TUR) I PICKED UP WANG'S REFERENCE TO HK/BRUNEI ASA IN HIS COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA I MADE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT WE WERE READY TO EXPLORE CHINESE THINKING ON THE QUESTION OF QUOTE GUIDING PRINCIPLES UNQUOTE FOR ASAS NOT ON THE LIST OF 24 AND WERE KEEN THAT AS FAR AS WAS POSSIBLE WE SHOULD REACH SOME MEASURE OF COMMON UNDERSTANDING BEFORE JLG X. I PRESSED HIM AGAIN TO IDENTIFY THE ELEMENTS HE WISHED TO SEE IN ANY SUCH PRINCIPLES AND ASKED WHETHER THE CHINESE HAD ANY SPECIFIC THOUGHTS ON THEM AT ALL. QUOTE NOT YET UNQUOTE WAS HIS ONLY REPLY.
4.
ON THE SUBJECT OF AIR SERVICES, WU ASKED WHETHER THERE WERE DIRECT AIR SERVICES BETWEEN SOUTH KOREA AND HONG KONG OR BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICA AND HONG KONG OR ISRAEL AND HONG KONG. I SAID I WOULD CHECK ABOUT THE LAST, BUT WAS SURE THERE WERE BETWEEN THE FIRST TWO. WU ADDED THAT HE PRESUMED ANY SUCH SERVICES WERE GOVERNED BY INFORMAL ARRANGEMENTS I SAID BOTH SOUTH KOREA AND SOUTH AFRICA WERE ON THE LIST OF 24. (COMMENT: IT IS UNCLEAR WHY WU SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT UP THESE THREE COUNTRIES. PERHAPS THE CHINESE HAVE HEARD RUMOURS OF AN HK/SOUTH KOREA ASA AND HE WAS FISHING FOR MORE
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