HRR 040/1
1980
DWF TL 061/08
TOKYO TL 71
16/4
HONG KONG TL
GRS 140
CONFIDENTIAL
TELELETTER
FROM J S WHITEHEAD TOKYO
FILE REF 020/3 DATED 8.4.82.
FOLLOWING FOR A E DONALD ESQ CMG.
Paro 11/5.
Guidance telen needed?
сибок Mr. Elyou Mr. McQuade
May
Mavy hitt
See in
we talk about this?
I don't thank Hong Kong
be all
ти
that pleased by
this excessive real!
COPIED TO
SIR P CRADOCK KCMG, PEKING
Artmald
13/4
R J T MCLAREN ESQ CMG, HONG KONG (PERSONAL)
JAPANESE INTEREST IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG .
183,
196
1. I STRONGLY AGREE WITH THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY SIRP CRADOCK IN HIS TELELETTER OF 2 APRIL AND PEKING TEL NO 210 OF 8 APRIL.
2. IT FOLLOWS THAT WE WOULD STILL WELCOME A LINE WHICH WE COULD TAKE WITH THE JAPANESE CONSIDERABLY EARLIER THAN THE SUMMER. SINCE WE WISH TO STEER THE JAPANESE AWAY FROM SENSITIVE MATTERS MIGHT IT NOT BE WORTH TALKING TO THEM HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE WHERE WE ARE NOT IN POSSESSION OF THE RELEVANT THINKPIECES. THIS ALSO HAPPENS TO BE WHERE JAPANESE POLICY IS MADE.
SIGNED J S WHITEHEAD.
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