DRAFT
OUT TELEGRAM
Classification and Caveats
CONFIDENTIAL
Precedence/Deskby
PRIORITY
ZCZC
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ZCZ C
GRS
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GRS
CLASS
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CONFIDENTIAL
CAVEATS
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DESKBY
FM FCO
LO
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6 FROM FCO 251200Z MAY 82
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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TEL NO
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TELEGRAM NUMBER
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INFO PEKING
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PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR
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YOUR TEL NO 535: FALKLANDS
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Ladit
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1. We await your further advice but shall be gladif you
can steer any move for material assistance towards a public
subscription. We share your misgivings about a grant
15 from Hong Kong Government funds to HMG. While
16 this might not provoke any immediate serious reaction from
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17 China (Peking tel No 51 to Hong Kong), we should not rule out
the risk of embarrassment if we find ourselves further at
Loggerheads with the Chinese over the Falklands. More serious
could be the suggestion that the British Treasury were in fact
gaining financial advantage from Hong Kong, a point which we
particularly need to counter at present.
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There should be no difficulty about channelling a public
subscription in the right direction. Donations have recently
been made by people in the Cayman Islands which we understand
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Dept
Distribution
HK & Gen
Limited
Hd/HKGD
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Telephone number
233-8732
Authorised for despatch
HD/SAMD
PS/Lord Belstead
PS/PUS
Mr Giffard
Mr Donald
Mr Ure
Hd/FED
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Time of despatch
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