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FM FCO 131445Z APR 83
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 224 OF 13 APRIL
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
MKKOZ012
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YOUR TELNO 325: FUTURE OF HONG KONG
1.
C+12214
BRIEFING FOR THIS GENERAL INTERVIEW WAS PROVIDED FOR NO 10
ON A WIDE RANGE OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN TOPICS IN LATE MARCH.
THE INTERVIEW TOOK PLACE AT THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON 29 MARCH.
THE TEXTS CARRIED BY THE US AND EUROPEAN EDITIONS OF
4 APRIL, WHICH WERE SUBSEQUENTLY SEEN HERE, MADE NO MENTION OF HONG KONG, THE FIRST WE KNEW OF THE PASSAGE ON HONG KONG IN
THE ASIA EDITION WAS FROM HONG KONG TELNO 482.
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PYM
THE TEXT IS IN MIFT.
FUTURE OF HONG KÒNG
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PS/MR HURD
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SR J BULLARD
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MR DONALD
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SIR I SINCLAIR LEGAL ADVISER MR BURROWS LEGAL ADVISERS
MR ROBERTS NEWS D
MR MARTIN
MR FLOWER
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