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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 1110472 JAN 79
TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.87 OF 11 JANUARY.
FOR CORTAZZI.
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HKK 243/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51
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YOUR TELNO.26: 'HUEY FONG'.
1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD LET ME
THIS KNOW AS SOON AS THE 1,000 OFFER IS APPROVED BY MINISTERS.
GESTURE BY THE U.K WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED HERE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND PREFERABLY BEFORE THE HUEY FONG COMES IN.
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2. WE WOULD LIKE THIS OFFER TO BE USED AS A LEVER TO GET OTHER
GRATEFUL COUNTRIES TO MAKE OFFERS TO GET OUR BACKLOG MOVING.
FOR YOUR ADVICE ON TACTICS.
THE POSSIBILITIES SEEM TO BE:
(A)
ACTION IN GENEVA:
(B)
LOCAL ACTION HERE WITH CONSULS-GENERAL:
(C) ACTION BY YOU WITH DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES IN LONDON.
WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST ?
3. NOW THAT THE MASTER OF THE HUEY FONG FACES THE POSSIBILITY OF
PROSECUTION AND A PRISON SENTENCE IF HE ENTERS HONG KONG, IT IS
AT ANY RATE WE SHOUD JUST POSSIBLE THAT HE WILL PREFER KAOHSIUNG.
GIVE TIME FOR THE NEW SITUATION TO IMPINGE ON HIM, AND FAILURE TO
DO SO WOULD NOT BE DEFENSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
4. IF THERE IS NO CHANGE IN THE SITUATION OUR THINKING IS THAT
EVENTUALLY WE SHOULD ACT AS FOLLOWS:-
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(A) GO THROUGH
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