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TELEGRAM NUMBER 878 OF 10TH SEPT
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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FUTURE OF HONG KONG: MR HEATH'S VISHT
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Action Taken
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1. MR HEATH HAD NEARLY TWO HOURS WITH DENG XNAOPING THIS MORNING 10 SEPTEMBER. DENG LOOKED EXTREMELY FINT AND BRONZED, AND SPOKE WITH VIGOUR. HIS TONE, THOUGH VERY FORM ON HONG KONG, WAS FRIENDLY THROUGHOUT. MIFT CONTAINS A FULL RECORD OF THE PART OF THE CONVERSATION RELATING TO HONG KONG, WHICH WAS RAISED BY DENG AND NOT MR HEATH.
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2. THE CONVERSATION CONTAINS NO REAL SURPRISES, AND IS A FURTHER See 33
AFFIRMATION FROM THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT THERE WILL BE NO COMPROMIST ON BRITISH ADMINISTRATION. HOWEVER THE POINTS ABOUT INTRODUCTING HONG KONG PEOPLE #NTO THE ADMINISTRATION ARE
*INTERESTING, ALTHOUGH HE SHARED NO KNOWLEGE OF HOW MUCH HAS ALREADY BEEN ACHIEVED IN THIS RESPECT.
3. UT IS NOT ENCOURAGING THAT DENG CLAIMED NOT TO HAVE EXAMINED THE DETAILS OF THE NEGOTIATIONS.
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