GR 350
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FUTURE EGRET
FM HONG KONG 301028Z JUN 83
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НКК 0265
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- 8 JUL 1983
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 919 OF 30 JUNE
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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING (PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR)
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PERSONAL FOR DONALD FROM GOVERNOR
FUTURE EGRET : VISIT BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TO LONDON
1. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF A PRESS RELEASE COULD BE ISSUED IN LONDON AND HONG KONG AFTER NEXT WEEK'S MEETINGS WITH MINISTERS. THIS MIGHT BEST BE ISSUED IN LONDON ON THE AFTERNOON OF TUESDAY, 5 JULY, BUT TO MEET LOCAL MEDIA DEADLINES WE WOULD LIKE TO ISSUE IT HERE AT 9 P.M. (LOCAL TIME) THAT DAY.
2. YOU MAY WISH TO CONSIDER RECOMMENDING SOMETHING ON THE FOLLOWING LINES:
''AS PART OF THE CONTINUING PROCESS OF CONSULTATION ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG SEMI-COLON THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG ACCOMPANIED BY THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL VISITED LONDON FOR TALKS WITH MINISTERS ON 4 AND 5 JULY. THEY HAD MEETINGS WITH THE PRIME MINISTER, THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS, AND THE MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR HONG KONG IN THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, MR RICHARD LUCE.
MINISTERS REAFFIRMED THEIR COMMITMENT TO HONG KONG, AND TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF A SETTLEMENT WHICH WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE TO PARLIAMENT, TO CHINA AND TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. THEY EMPHASISED THE IMPORTANCE,
CE WHICH THEY ATTACHED TO THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL WHL WOULD CONTINUE TO BE TAKEN THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE TALKS.
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THE GOVERNOR AND THE UNOFFICIALS EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE PRIME MINISTER, THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND OTHER MINISTERS SO SOON AFTER THE FORMATION OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT''.
3. IF THIS IS ON THE RIGHT LINES I COULD CONSULT UNOFFICIALS ON IT ON MONDAY JULY 4.
4. I WILL BE OBLIGED TO MEET THE PRESS AS I PASS THROUGH THE AIRPORT ON MY RETURN TO HONG KONG. I WOULD CONFINE MYSELF TO ESTABLISHED FORMULAE, AND IN PARTICULAR:
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