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FM HONG KONG 228142Z MAY 82
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 532 OF 22 MAY
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YOURTELNO 372: FALKLAND ISLANDS AND HONG KONG.
WE ARE STICKING TO THE AGREED LINE IN DISCUSSION AND IN RESPONSE
TO PRESS QUESTIONS.
2. THE REPORTS MENTIONED IN GIST FOR 13 MAY HAD THEIR ORIGIN IN ONE OF BRAY'S OCCASIONAL UNATTRIBUTABLE BRIEFINGS (COVERING THE
WHOLE RANGE OF CURRENT SUBJECTS) FOR CERTAIN MORNING PAPERS. THE FALKLANDS QUESTION WAS RAISED BY ONE OF THE REPORTERS PRESENT. BRAY EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS NO (NO) SIMILARITY OR CONNECTION BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE FALKLANDS, THAT RELATIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND UK WERE EXCELLENT ETC. PRESSED FOR A REACTION TO THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S SUPPORT FOR ARGENTINA, BRAY SAID THAT THIS WAS OF COURSE A PITY. HE DID NOT (NOT) SPECULATE ABOUT POSSIBLE CHINESE ACTIONS SHOULD THE CONFLICT ESCALATE OR ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS FOR HONG KONG.
3. THE ITEMS
IN THE GIST ARE THOSE THOUGHT LIKELY TO BE OF INTEREST TO ITS READERS. THEREINCLUSION IS IN NO WAY MEANT TO IMPLY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S CONCURRENCE WITH THE VIEWS EXPRESSED. NOR DOES THE EMPHASIS GIVEN TO THEM NECESSARILY REFLECT
THIER PROMINENCE IN THE CHINESE PRESS. IN THIS CASE ONLY THREE PAPERS CARRIED SHORT ITEMS, ONLY ONE OF WHICH MADE THE POINT THAT THERE WAS NO PARALLEL TO BE DRAWN BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE FALKLANDS.
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