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DESKBY 29010OZ
FM FCO 281600Z OCT 82
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 903 OF 28 OCT
272
YOUR TELNO 1233: MV PO YANG
1.
اد
RIDEX
PA
MY
No
MACDOWALL NOW ON LEAVE. I SPOKE TO SPENCE, WHO SAID MACDOWALL HAD NOT (NOT) MENTIONED POYANG ON RETURN FROM GENEVA. SPENCE THEN REPEATED KNOWN HOME OFFICE POSITION, INCLUDING QUERY WHY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT HAD NOT TRIED TO INCLUDE POYANG CASES IN
UK QUOTA BEFORE EXHAUSTED.
2. SUGGEST YOU REFER TO YOUR CONVERSATION WITH MACDOWALL AT YOUR MEETING AND WRITE TO HIM TO FOLLOW IT UP, COVERING ABOVE POINT IF POSSIBLE. WE CONTINUE TO PRESS HONG KONG'S CASE HERE, BUT YOU ARE AWARE OF THE DIFFICULTIES.
PYM
LIMITED
HKGD
SEAD
MVD
UND
NEWS
MR DONALD
COPIES TO
MRS YU H.K.G.O. LONDON
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