OO HONG KONG DESKBY 050200Z
GRS 141
RESTRICTED
DESKBY 0502002
FM FCO 041400 JUNE 81
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
185
TELEGRAM NUMBER 506 OF 4 JUNE
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
PQ: HONG KONG FUTURE
RESTRICTED
134
AGO HOL
HKK 04011
·43284-1
ENVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51
08 JUN1981
INDEX
No
REGISTRY Action Taken
1. MR KEITH STAINTON HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING PQ FOR WRITTEN
REPLY:
'TO ASK THE LORD PRIVY SEAL, IN VIEW OF THE EXPORT CREDIT GUARAN-
TEE DEPARTMENT'S EXPORT CREDIT FACILITY TO CASTLE PEAK POWER
STATION SCHEDULED TO MATURE IN 2002 AND THE POSSIBILITY OF
FUTURE EXPORT CREDITS OF THIS KIND, IF HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT
ON THE FUTURE OF THE LEASE FROM CHINA OF THE NEW TERRITORIES,
HONG KONG DUE TO EXPIRE IN 1yy7'.
2. WE PROPOSE FOLLOWING DRAFT ANSWER:
'MAJOR PROJECTS, OF WHICH THIS IS BUT ONE EXAMPLE, ARE INDICATIVE
OF CONTINUED CONFIDENCE IN THE TERRITORY, WHICH IS MATCHED BY
THE STATED INTEREST OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN THE TERRITORY'S
CONTINUED PROSPERITY'.
5. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR AND PEKING'S COMMENTS DESKBY 05090OZ.
CARRINGTON
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HKGD
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