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HAK 040/1
GR 160
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FM PEKING 080352Z APR 82
TO PRIORITY F C O
TELNO 210 OF 8 APRIL
INFO HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR PA) AND TOKYO (PERSONAL FOR
WHITEHEAD).
FOR DONALD
161
이노
196
JAPANESE INTEREST IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG
See (188A,
1844
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1. YOUR TELELETTER OF 5 APRIL CROSSED WITH MINE OF 2 APRIL.
2. WE SHOULD NOT BE SURPRISED THAT THIRD COUNTRIES WITH SUBSTANTIAL
INVESTMENTS AND COMMERCIAL AND OTHER INTERESTS IN HONG KONG ARE
SHOWING AN INTEREST IN THE FUTURE OF THE TERRITORY. THE JAPANESE
IN PARTICULAR COULD STAND TO LOSE A GREAT DEAL IF CONFIDENCE IN THE
TERRITORY WERE TO FAIL, AND CONVERSELY HONG KONG COULD SUFFER CATASTROPHICALLY IF THE JAPANESE WERE TO LOSE CONFIDENCE IN IT.
3. NO-ONE IS SUGGESTING INTERMEDIARIES, BUT IF THE JAPANESE EXPRESS
THEY THEIR CONCERN, AS ARE LIKELY TO DO IN ANY EVENT, I SEE BENEFIT RATHER THAN HARM. WE MUST ALSO TAKE THEM AT LEAST A LITTLE INTO OUR CONFIDENCE, AS YOU SUGGEST IN THE FIRST SENTENCE OF YOUR PARA 3.
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CRADOCK
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LIMITED HK&GD FED
COPIES TO:-
SIR E YOUDE 0/0 HK&GD
ROOM K245
MK GIFFARD MR DONALD
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