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FM HONG KONG 220443Z MAY 82
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 535 OF 22 MAY
INFO PRIORITY PEKING,
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FOR DONALD FROM GOVERNOR
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YOUR TELNO 384 : UNOFFICIALS' SUPPORT FOR THE FALKLANDS
1. I SPOKE ACCORDINGLY TO SIR S.Y. CHUNG THIS MORNING. HE IMMEDIATELY ACCEPTED THAT, SINCE MORE SERIOUS HOSTILITIES HAD ALREADY BEGUN, PUBLICITY AT THIS TIME COULD BE MISINTERPRETED.
2. ON MATERIAL SUPPORT I EXPLAINED THAT THIS COULD CREATE DIFFICULTY, PARTICULARLY IF IT WAS IN THE FORM OF A GIFT FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO HMG WHICH APPARENTLY IS WHAT THEY HAD IN MIND. (I CAN IMAGINE AMONG OTHER THINGS WHAT PEKING COULD MAKE OF THIS). WE AGREED TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THINGS WENT
BEFORE TAKING THE IDEA FURTHER.
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