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FM FCO 091717Z FEB 83
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 127 OF 9 FEBRUARY
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FOLLOWING RECD FROM HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE AS TELNO HK 270
TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS (FOR MR MASEFIELD)
FROM COMMISSIONER, LONDON OFFICE
COPY TO MR DICK CLIFT (FCO, HKGD)
AS STATED IN MY TELNO H K 248 OF 7.2.83, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER
HELEN YU AND HEAD OF LIAISON DIVISION VICTOR CHANN ATTENDED
THE CHINESE EMBASSY'S SECOND NEW YEAR RECEPTION YESTERDAY EVENING
(8.2.83).
2.
AMBASSADOR KE HUA ADDRESSED GUESTS FOR SOME 25 MINUTES, WITH
ABOUT 20 ON HK AND CHINA, SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS:
PURPOSES OF RECEPTION
(A) TO CELEBRATE NEW YEAR
(B) TO BID COMMUNITY CONTACTS FAREWELL BEFORE HIS POSTING TO
BEIJING
THANKS TO UK CHINESE
(A) FOR PATRIOTISM TO MOTHERLAND IN CHINA
(B)
FOR SUPPORT TO THE EMBASSY
(C)
FOR FRIENDSHIP TO HIS WIFE AND HIM
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