GRS 250A
IMMEDIATE
SECRET
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CYPHER CAT A
FI PEKING 090715Z
SECRET
MRK 2/105/4
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DESKBY 098938Z
TO IMMEDIATE FCO TELNO 1073 OF 9/12
YOUR TELNO 883: HONG KONG:
1. I HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS ON THE TEXT PROPOSED
IN YOUR TELEGRAM.
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I RECOMMEND THE OMMISSION OF THE WORDS BUT IT IS
IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHETHER ALL SUCCESSIVE CHINESE
GOVERNMENTS WILL TAKE THE SAME VIEW''. THE LIKELIHOOD
OF ANY CHINESE GOVERNMENT OF WHATEVER COMPLEXION
CHANGING THE VIEW THAT ALL THREE PARTS OF THE
TERRITORY ARE CHINESE SEEMS TO HE INFINITESIMAL.
IF THIS COMMENT WERE TO LEAK IT COULD ALSO BE REGARDED
AS PROVOCATIVE BY THE PRESENT CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
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3. IT IS NOT ONLY ATTITUDES IN CHINA TOWARDS
HONG KONG WHICH HAS CAUSED DIFFICULTIES IN OUR
RELATIONS WITH PEKING, WE HAVE HAD DIFFICULTIES IN THE PAST OVER A NUMBER OF ISSUES, SOME OF WHICH HAVE THEIR ORIGINS IN HONG KONG, WHERE ACTION HOWEVER LEGITIMATE, HAS CAUSED DIFFICULTIES HERE. I SUGGEST THAT
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WE SAY SIMPLY SOME HONG KONG ISSUES '' HAVE IN THE
PAST CAUSED DIFFICULTY..
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