CYPHER CAT/A
IMMEDIATE
HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NO 739
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TO FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
DATED 23 OCTOBEOB7A
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ADDRESSED F C O TELIC 739 DATED 23 OCTOBER R F 1 HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.
YOUR TELEGRAM 729.
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PARILLAMENTARY QUESTION BY JOHN RANKIN FOR WRITTEN ANSWER ON 27TH
OCTOBER.
FOR THE REASONS SET OUT IN MY TELEGRAM NO. 739, AND BECAUSE I SHOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE SOME MENTION MADE OF OUR CONTINUING CONSULTATIONS ON THE QUESTION OF BRITAIN'S ENLARGEMENT NEGOTIATIONS, I SUGGEST THAT THE LAST SENTENCE BE RE-LACED BY:
"HMG IS PURSUING THE QUESTION OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF
HONG KONG WITH THE ENLARGED COMMUNITY IN FULL CONSULTATION WITH THE HING KONG GOVERNMENT''
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THIS WOULD HELP PRESENTATIONALLY IN HONG KONG IN THE LIGHT OF RECENT COMMENT IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AND IN THE PRESS TO THE EFFECT THAT HONG KONG'S INTERESTS MIGHT BE SACRIFICED QL THE CONTEXT OF BRITAIN'S ENTRY NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE E E C AND THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS NOT ACTING SUFFICIENTLY FORCE- FULLY TO PROTECT THOSE INTERESTS.
(FCO PASS IMMEDIATE TO H.K. GOVERNMENT OFFICE)
SIR H.NORMAN-WALKER.
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