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TO:
F.C.0.
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
11 NOV 1976
TELE-LETTER
CONFIDENTIAL
REFERENCE: 014/2
FOR: AR PAUL ESQ,
FROM: MARGOLIS, PEKING.
11 NOVEMBER 1976
30
FAR EASTERN DEPARTMENT, F.C.O.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS ON HONG KONG.
1. PLEASE REFER TO F.C.0. TELNO 893 OF 10 NOVEMBER.
2. AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE REPLY IN OUR TELNO 935 OF 11 NOVEMBER WE WERE NOT ABLE TO IDENTIFY WITH CERTAINTY THE V.N. DOCUMENT MENTIONED BY MR HOOLEY. I SHOULD BE MOST GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD CONFIRM THAT THE REFERENCE WAS TO HUANG HUA'S LETTER OF 10 MARCH 1972.
3. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY TEXT OF A FORMAL STATEMENT OF H.M.G.'S POSITION ON SOVEREIGNTY OVER HONG KONG. I REALISE THAT,
FOR POLITICAL REASONS, WE DO NOT SEEK TO REAFFIRM THIS PUBLICLY, BUT IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO HAVE ON OUR FILES THE TEXT OF THE LAST FORMAL STATEMENT OF H.M.G.'S POSITION ON THE SUBJECT HOWEVER POLITICALLY OUT-DATED IT MAY BE.
4. SINCE OUR P.Q. FILE HAS BEEN DESTROYED, I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD SEND ME COPIES OF THE RELEVANT HANSARD EXTRACTS FOR ALL PQS CONCERNING CHINA OR BEARING ON THE STATUS OF HONG KONG FOR THE PAST YEAR.
SIGNED...... R P MARGOLIS
Un Paul
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CONFIDENTIAL
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