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REJENIO
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¡Action Taken
SECRET
TO PRIORITY FCO TELNO 1201 OF 16 OCTOBER 1978 INFO ROUTINE PEKING.
MIPT PARA 3 1 COTAZZZI'S CONVERSATION WITH SUNG.
1, I AM PUZZLED BY THE REFERENCE IN PARA 3 OF TELNO 623 TO BEING AT PAINS' TO LAY THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
AS OF A BASIS FOR A CONTINUING DISCUSSION ON HONG KONG "'. SEEN FROM HERE THERE IS NO PROBLEM ABOUT FINDING THE MEANS TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG EITHER HERE OR IN PEKING OR LONDON AT ANY TIME. BUT SURELY WE SHOULD DECIDE WHAT TO SAY AND WHEN IT SHOULD BE SAID AND BY WHOM, AND NOT START ANYTHING
(HOWEVER TENTATIVE AND PRELIMINARY IN CHARACTER) UNTIL CLEAR
ON THESE POINTS. WE DISCUSSED THE QUESTION OF LAND LEASES WITH MCLAREN WHEN HE WAS HERE AND I WILL BE SENDING OUR PROPOSALS THIS
WEEK.
MACLEHOSE
FILES
FED
HK & GD
PS
PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
FS/MR LUARD
FS/FUS
SIR A DUFF
MIR CORTAZZI MR MURRAY
SECRE 2
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