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FROM PEKING 12062OZ AUG 83
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 788 OF 12/8/83
HKK040/1
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.HONG KONG TEL 0 1187:
LORD RHODES
1. WC AGREE THAT AN INTERVENTION BY LORD RHODES ON HONG KONG AT THIS, OR INDEED AT ANY TIME WOULD NOT BE HELPFUL. LORD RHODES HAS A HABIT OF ASKING FOR A SERIES
OF MEETINGS WITH CHINESE MINISTERS AND OFFICIALS DURING WHICH HE LECTURES THEM ABOUT THE POLICIES THEY SHOULD ADOPT.
THE CHINESE HAVE BEEN CONFUSED IN THE PAST BY HIS VISITS AND,
AS HONG KONG NOTES, THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THAT HIS VIEWS ARE ENTIRELY HIS OWN. ON THIS SUBJECT IT IS VITAL THAT THE WATERS ARE NOT MUDDIED BY HIS PRIVATE VIEWS, WHICH ON PAST EXPERIENCE ARE AT TIMES BIZARRE.
2.WE THEREFORE STRONGLY AGREE WITH HONG KONG'S RECOMMENDATION THAT LORD RHODES SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED FROM PUTTING
ANY PROPOSALS TO THE CHINESE ABOUT THE FUTURE OF
See (455)
See (52
See (537)
WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO
KNOW IN DUE COURSE HIS
HONG KONG RESPONSE.
CLARK
LIMITED
HKD
FED
PLANNING STAFF
PUSD PS
PS/LADY YOUNG PS/LUCE
(THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]
PS/MR RAISON
PS/PUS
SIR J BULLARD
MR WRIGHT
MR GIFFARD MR DONALD
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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
LONDON