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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
28 APRI
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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 306 OF 27/4/77 YOUR TELNOS 407 AND 414: HEUNG YEE KUK
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ARTICLE
1. THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST'
REPORTED IN YOUR TELNO 414 IS A TRAVESTY OF WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE
KUK DELEGATION CALLED ON LORD GOROWY-ROBERTS ON 25 APRIL. THE
MINISTER DID NOT SUGGEST ''DIRECT AND REGULAR CONTACTS IN FUTURE'
OR OFFER ''DIRECT ACCESS.... AT ANY TIME. HE SIMPLY GAVE THE
DELEGATION A WARM WELCOME, USING WORDS SUCH AS HE WAS ALWAYS GLAD TO SEE VISITORS FROM HONG KONG'. STEWART SUBSEQUENTLY STRESSED THIS TO JAMES MARGACH, THE SCMP STRINGER HERE.
2. WE CAN ONLY SUPPOSE THAT MARGACH FILED HIS STORY BEFORE
SEEING STEWART, OR THAT MR PARRY, WHO IS WELL KNOWN TO MARGACH, PUT HIM OR THE KUK UP TO IT.
3. THE MEETING WITH LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS WENT WELL AND THE
DELEGATION SEEMED WELL PLEASED WITH IT. THEY PRESENTED THE FINAL VERSION OF THE PETITION REFERRED TO IN YOUR TELNO 407 ALONG WITH A WRITTEN LEGAL OPINION AND THE MINISTER UNDERTOOK TO STUDY THESE
DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY AND TO WRITE TO CHEUNG IN DUE COURSE.
4. MR PARRY WAS PRESENT AT THE MEETING BUT, AFTER HE HAD MADE A FEW OPENING REMARKS, CHEUNG DID THE TALKING.
5. FULL RECORD OF MEETING FOLLOWS BY BAG. WE SHALL BE CONSULTING
YOU ABOUT THE KUK'S PETITION.
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PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
MR CORTA ZZI
MR MURRAY
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