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FM PEKING 1207002 FEB 79
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 188 OF 12 FEBRUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG.
No
YOUR TELNO125 TO HONG KONG AND HONG KONG TELNO224:
GOVERNOR'S Visit.
1. THE LAST WEEK IN MARCH SHOULD BE FINE FROM MY POINT OF VIEW. 1 ASSUME HONG KONG WILL CONVEY THE MESSAGE THROUGH THEIR
OWN CHANNELS,
2. AS REGARDS IMMIGRATION, I AGREE WE NEED TO WAIT TO CHECK THE POSSIBLE EFFECT OF THE CHINESE NEW YEAR. IF HOWEVER THE FIGURES REMAIN BAD, I WOULD FAVOUR THE COURSE IN 4(B) OF HONG KONG TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE. AS I SEE IT, IT WOULD DETRACT FROM THE BENEFIT OF THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT IF HE CAME IMMEDIATELY AFTER IMPOSING
CONTROLS..
CRADOCK
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HK & GD (6)
FED
PS
PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS
PS/PUS
SIR A DUFF
MR CORTAZZI MR MURRAY
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MR RUSHFORD
LEGAL ADVISER
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