HOFO 003/03
TELELETTER TO FCO
TELELETTER TO PEKING,
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RESTRICTED
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FROM: R.P. MARGOLIS, DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG
REF: SCR 5/3571/81
FOR: V.MORRIS, ESQ., HKGD, FCO
DATED 7 JANUARY 1983
R.N. PEIRCE, ESQ., HM EMBASSY, PEKING
N.J. COX, ESQ., FED, FCO
NEW YEAR'S HONOURS AND COMMUNIST PRESS
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FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS THE COMMUNIST PRESS IN HONG KONG HAVE FAILED TO PUBLISH DETAILS OF HONOURS AWARDED TO HONG KONG CITIZENS IN THE NEW YEAR'S HONOURS LIST. I UNDERSTAND THAT, ON ALL PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, THEY HAVE CARRIED THE SAME DETAILS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE INDEPENDENT PRESS.
2. THIS APPEARS TO BE A DELIBERATE ACT OF OMISSION. PERHAPS SURPRISINGLY IN THE CURRENT ATMOSPHERE HERE, NO INDEPENDENT COMMENTATORS HAVE PICKED THIS UP AND READ DEEP SIGNIFICANCE INTO IT. WE SHALL NOT ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO DO SO.
3. I AM COPYING TELEGRAPHICALLY TO PEKING. HKGD REGISTRY PLEASE PASS TO FED.
SIGNED R.P. MARGOLIS
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