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DESKBY 210100Z
FM FCO 201530Z SEPT 83
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 934 OF 20 SEPTEMBER
INFO PEKING, BRUNEI (FOR PS/MR LUCE), SINGAPORE
PERSONAL FOR HADDON-CAVE FROM CLIFT
HONG KONG DOLLAR AND STOCK MARKET
PA on visit-ple.
1. AS YOU WILL BE AWARE, CONSIDERABLE PUBLICITY HAS BEEN GIVEN
HERE TO THE RECENT FALL IN THE HONG KONG DOLLAR AND THE HANG SENG
INDEX. WE THINK IT LIKELY THAT MR LUCE WILL BE QUESTIONED ON
THIS SUBJECT DURING HIS VISIT TO HONG KONG.
2. GRATEFUL THEREFORE IF YOU WOULD ARRANGE FOR AN UP-TO-DATE
SITREP AND COMMENTARY TO BE SENT TO SINGAPORE (FOR PS/MR LUCE),
COPIED TO FCO, BY THE EVENING OF 23 SEPTEMBER.
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