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DCSKBY FCO 020809Z JULY
DESKRY PEKING AND HONG KONG #28333Z JULY
FM KUALA LUMPUR 011730Z JULY 79
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 234 OF 1 JULY
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2 JUL 1979
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING AND GOV HONG KONG
FROM PRIVATE SECRETARY FOR LEVER
HONG KONG LEASES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES
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1. THE SECRETARY OF STATE DISCUSSED THIS WITH THE GOVERNOR AND 1MR CRADOCK IN HONG KONG AND WOULD NOW LIKE ACTION TO BE TAKEN
IN PEKING. THIS WILL NEED TO BE DONE DURING THE COMING WEEK LEFORE CRADOCK GOES ON LEAVE.
127.) 2. HIFT CONTAINS THE TEXT OF A DRAFT MINUTE FROM THE SECRETARY
OF STATE TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OD. SUBJECT TO A FACTUAL CHECK BY THE DEPARTMENT, THE MINUTE SHOULD ISSUE.... ON MONDAY MORNING FOR THE PRIME MINISTER TO SEE ON HER RETURN. THE TEXT HAS BEEN CLEARED WITH THE GOVERNOR AND HM AMBASSADOR PEKING.
FCO PLEASE PASS ALL.
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