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CONFIDENTIAL
PILE CORR
FM HONG KONG 081045Z DEC 78
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.1407 OF 8 DECEMBER,
INFO IMMEDIATE: UKMIS GENEVA,
PRIORITY: WASHINGTON, KUALA LUMPUR, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
OFFICE LONDON,
INFO SAVING : PEKING, HANOI.
MY TELNO.1400 : INDO-CHINA REFUGEES, UNHCR CONSULTATIONS.
1. MIFT IS THE DRAFT HONG KONG STATEMENT (REFTEL PARA.10(A)).
GRATEFUL IF THE U.K DELEGATION WOULD ADD APPROPRIATE INTRODUCTORY COURTESIES AND EXPAND/ABRIDGE/AMEND AS APPROPRIATE IN THE LIGHT OF SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENTS/REMARKS BY OTHER DELEGATIONS. IF
DELEGATIONS MAKE INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS WE HOPE MUCH OF THIS
MATERIAL CAN DE INCORPORATED INTO THE U.K'S. HOWEVER, YOU MAY
FEEL SOME POINTS ARE BETTER MADE LATER AS THE DISCUSSIONS DEVELOP.
2. IF
IF IT IS APPROPRIATE (AS WE HOPE IT WILL BE) TO CIRCULATE A WRITTEN HONG KONG STATEMENT, WE SUGGEST THAT NOTES A TO E (TEXT
IN MY SECOND 1.F.T) BE INCLUDED.
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PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS FS/KK.LUARD
MR.CORTAZZI
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MR.MEIR
HR.HURRAY
MR.PING
HR STRAPTCONFIDENTIAL
COPIES TO:
MR.BIRT, HOME OFFICE. MR.D.SMITH, ODM.
HONG KONG COVE OFFICE.