H K GOVT LON PRODROME LON
TX17/007
RR GOVERNOR HON G KONG
GRS
UNCLASSIFIED
FM HONGAID 171400Z
TO ROUTINE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBE HK 469 OF 17TH MARCH, 1982
FOR SHA (ATTN MASEFIELD) FROM HELEN YU
PS/SA
for 108/205
but please
SD
(a) cc (i) FCO/HKGD (for
Mr Williamson) (i) LO/ASS/THLT (iii) 541
541/6/1 (PAO's)
Bbw 22.3. 82 for Ctisee (es for 2 wks
for
to kiv
Thanks
fidy
17.8.82
HK DISCUSSIONS
104A
YOU HAVE SEEN MY (8) IN 13/154 SD DATED 8 MARCH ON THIS?
1.
2.
AS
EXPECTED, THERE IS YET ANOTHER SUCH FORUM:
2 O'CLOCK TODAY IN LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY ORGANISED BY THEIR HK STUDENTS SOCIETY. INVITED ARE WALTER EASEY, A WEST MIDLANDS COUNTY COUNCILLOR, CHINESE EMBASSY, US AND STUDENTS FROM NOTTING- HAM AND LEICESTER UNIVERSITY.
3. IT IS UNLIKELY ANY WOULD GO FROM EMBASSY BUT EASEY WILL, DOUBTLESS, UTTER FORTH HIS USUAL WORDS OF GLOOM AND DOOM.
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4. WE TRIED AGAIN TO ENLIST A FRIENDLY ACADEMIC TO COUNTER- BALANCE'1 TO GIVE AN INDEPENDENT AND BROADER VIEW. SUBJECT TO YOUR ADVICE, WE THINK THIS IS THE BEST FORMULA FOR MOST OF THESE DISCUSSIONS; FCO SHARES THIS VIEW: CONSEQUENTLY, WE ARE NOW PUTTING TOGETHER A LIST OF SPEAKERS FORM THIS SUBJECT AND LATER WE MUST WORK OUT HOW BEST TO KEEP THEM UPDATED AND WELL BRIEFED.
5. UNFORTUNATELY, ON THIS OCCASION, NOTICE WAS SO SHORT THAT WE COULD FIND NO SPEAKER. IT WAS THOUGHT THEN THAT PERHAPS I SHOULD ATTEND WITH STUDENT ADVISER AND REACT, ADHERING CLOSELY TO LPS PRESS REPONSES OF 10 JANUARY AND ASSURANCES BY CHINA FROM TIME TO TIME. HOWEVER, ON FIRM FCO ADVICE, WE HAD TO DECIDE AGA INST GOING.
6. WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT EASEY'S DISHEVELLED APPEARANCE AND HIS DEMEANING PRACTICE OF PLACING CAP ON TABLE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS CONTINUE NOT TO IMPRESS HIS AUDIENCE.
7. HERE,
INTEREST IN 1997 IS CLEARLY GATHERING MOMENTUM AMONGST SOME HK CHINESE. A FEW PROFESSIONALS ZARE NOW FORMING A 1997 ACTION GROUP WITH THE AIMS BELOW:
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