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FM HONG KONG 120204Z JUN 82
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 619 OF 12 JUNE
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FOR CLIFT FROM HADDON-CAVE
YOURTELNO 413: SUPPORT FOR FALKLANDS.
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SINCE UNOFFICIALS MADE THEIR OFFER OF MATERIAL AS WELL AS MORAL SUPPORT, CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED SOMEWHAT: ACTUAL HOSTILITIES HAVE BROKEN OUT, THERE HAVE BEEN CASUALTIES AMONG CHINESE SEAMEN
AND WE HAVE BEEN PLAGUED HERE WITH VARIOUS PROBLEMS. IN THESE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND WHILST UNOFFICIALS' SUPPORT FOR THE BRITISH POSITION REMAINS QUITE FIRM, WE THINK IT WOULD BE BEST TO SUGGEST
TO THEM THAT THE OFFER OF MATERIAL SUPPORT TO HMG AS SUCH HAS BEEN OVERTAKEN BY CIRCUMSTANCES (IE IS NO LONGER ON THE TABLE). INSTEAD WE WOULD DIRECT THEIR ATTENTION (AND THAT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC) TO THE SOUTH ATLANTIC FUND WHICH, AS WE UNDERSTAND IT FROM HQBF, COVERS THE ARMED FORCES AND THE MERCHANT NAVY (INCLUDING
HONG KONG CHINESE SEAMEN).
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