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FM FCO 10170OZ JUN 82
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 434 OF 10 JUNE
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
PQ : FUTURE OF HONG KONG
HKIZ
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1. MR FRANK HOOLEY MP HAS ASKED FOLLOWING WRITTEN PQ:
'TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
AFFAIRS, WHAT WAS THE SUBSTANCE OF THE RECENT EXCHANGES BETWEEN
CHINA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG REFERRED
TO BY THE NEW GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, IN HIS SPEECH AT KAI TAK AIRPORT ON 20 MAY.'
2. WE PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING DRAFT REPLY:
'THE SUBSTANCE OF EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE CHINESE AND UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENTS IS CONFIDENTIAL, BUT I WOULD REFER THE HON. GENTLEMAN TO THE REPLY GIVEN TO MY HON. FRIEND, THE MEMBER FOR KINGS WOOD, ON 8 JUNE'
3.
REPLY REFERRED TO IS THAT CONTAINED IN PARA 2 OF HONG KONG TELNO 582.
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GRATEFUL FOR COMMENTS DESKBY 140900Z.
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