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FM HONG KONG 050950Z JAN 82
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 9 OF 5 JANUARY
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING (FOR DONALD)
FROM GOVERNOR TO CLIFT.
1. UMELCO ASKED JOPLING IF MACAU STUDENTS WOULD RECEIVE EEC
STATUS BENEFITS IN UK UNIVERSITIES.
2. THIS AND SIMILAR QUESTIONS ABOUT EEC TRADE PREFERENCES FOR MACAU MAY BE RAISED WITH LPS ON 9 JANUARY.
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3. PLEASE ADVISE WHAT LPS SHOULD SAY (YOUDE'S LETTER OF 1 DECEMBER 1980 AND YOUR TELNO 374 OF 13 APRIL 1981 REFER). 4.UMELCO ALSO RAISED HONG KONG'S OFFER TO PAY POUNDS 1.5 MILLION ANNUALLY IN RETURN FOR HOME STATUS FOR ALL FIRST DEGREE STUDENTS. IN REPLY (CLIFT'S LETTER OF 23 JANUARY) IT WAS STATED TREASURY WOULD INSIST ON A PER CAPITA NOT A LUMP SUM PAYMANT. OUR
RECOLLECTION IS THAT WE DID NOT THEN PURSUE FURTHER EITHER THE IDEA OF A LUMP SUM AT A HIGHER FIGURE OR A PER CAPITA PAYMENT, THE LATTER BECAUSE WE DID NOT WISH TO ACCEPT AN OPEN-ENDED
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PURSUE THE POSSIBILITY OF A SCHEME ALONG CHANNEL ISLANDS LINES
(PARA 5 AND 6 OF CLIFT'S LETTER),
5. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD SPEAK TO HK COMMISSIONER AND CONFIRM OUR
UNDERSTANDNG OF POSITION.
6. GRATEFUL FOR REPLY BY FRIDAY MORNING (HK).
MACLEHOSE
LIMITED HKQGD ECD (E)
FED MR DONAND MR HANNAY
COPIES TO:
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HONG KONGs bouT OFFICE
LONDON.
CONFIDENTIAL
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