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FM HONG KONG 191105Z MARCH 82
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 420 OF 19 MARCH
INFO IMMEDIATE MODUK PEKING INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
YACHT RACE IN CHINESE WATERS
1. YOU WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT THE CAPTAIN-IN-CHARGE HAS AGREED, SUBJECT TO OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND MOD APPROVAL, TO A REQUEST
BY THE CHINA SEA RACE COMMITTEE (CSRC) OF THE YACHT CLUB TO PROVIDE A PATROL CRAFT TO ACT AS GUARD SHIP/MARKER FOR A RACE TO BE HELD ON 21/22 MARCH. THE PATROL CRAFT WOULD BE STATIONED ABOUT ONE MILE OFF PEDRO BUANCO (115 DEGREES 07 MINUTES EAST, 22 DEGREES 19 MINUTES NORTH), AN UNINHABITED AND UNLIT ROCK USED BY THE CHINESE AS A BASEPOINT FOR CALCULATING THEIR TERRITORIAL WATERS.
2. THE REQUEST WAS PUT TO THE NONA BY THE CSRC THROUGH AN
INTERMEDIARY. WE ONLY LEARNED OF THIS WHEN THE NCNA TOLD THE
ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER THAT THE REQUEST HAD BEEN APPROVED.
3. WE ARE CONCERNED AT THE WAY IN WHICH THIS HAS BEEN HANDLED
BY THE CSRC AND WILL MAKE IT CLEAR TO THEM THAT THEY MUST NOT ACT
SIMILARLY IN FUTURE. HOWEVER, GIVEN CHINESE APPROVAL AND THE FACT THAT THIS A REVIVAL OF A RACE WHICH PREVIOUSLY TOOK
PLACE UP TO THE MID-SIXTIES, WE SEE NO OBJECTION LOCALLY.
MACLEHOSE
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HK & GD FED
MR CORTAZZI
MR MURRAY
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Reply agreed with MOD (DSS).
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