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FM HONG KONG 098435Z OCTOBER 82
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1146 OF 09 OCTOBER
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YOUR TELNO 826: PQS: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO HONG KONG
PROPOSED ANSWER TO QUESTION (A) AGREED.
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2. IT WOULD BE BETTER PRESENTATIONALLY FOR THE REFERENCE TO BRITAIN'S COMMITMENT TO HONG KONG TO BE LISTED FIRST IN THE DRAFT REPLY TO QUESTION (B). A MENTION OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE SERVICES WOULD ALSO BE APPROPRIATE. THE ANSWER MIGHT THEN READ THE MAIN PURPOSE OF MY VISIT TO HONG KONG WAS THREEFOLD: TO DEMONSTRATE BRITAIN'S COMMITMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG, TO HEAR THEIR VIEWS ON THE FUTURE, AND TO SEE HOW THINGS HAD CHANGED SINCE MY LAST VISIT IN 1977. MY PROGRAMME ENABLED ME TO MEET A VERY WIDE CROSS-SECTION OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING BRITISH SERVICEMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES. KY VISITS TO CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION..... (CONTINUE AS IN YOUR
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MR DONALD
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