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FM FCO 061658Z JUL 82
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 519 OF 6 JULY
FOR HIGGINSON FROM CLIFT
YOUR TEL NO 720: SELECT COMMITTEE ON DEFENCE
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1. THE BRIEFING WAS COMBINED WITH THAT ON JAPAN. ON HONG KONG THERE WAS ONLY TIME FOR A COMPARATIVELY BRIEF DISCUSSION. DONALD CONCENTRATED ON THE BACKGROUND TO THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG, INCLUDING CHINESE ATTITUDES AND RECENT ASSURANCES, AND THE NEED TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENCE. THE DIFFERENCE FROM THE FALKLANDS ISSUE
WAS STRESSED. MEMBERS WERE TOLD ABOUT THE SENSITIVENESS OF THIS
ISSUE AND WERE GIVEN SUGGESTED LINES TO FOLLOW IF IT CAME UP
DURING THEIR VISIT, INCLUDING DISCOURAGING HIGH EXPECTATIONS OF PROGRESS DURING PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT.
2.
THERE WAS NO TIME FOR DISCUSSION OF THE ROLE OF THE
GARRISON BUT NO SIGN OF MISUNDERSTANDING ON THIS.
DID NOT RAISE ANY MAJOR POINTS IN DISCUSSION.
MEMBE RS
Pero siz
see (67)
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HKGD
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