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SECRET
GR 90 SECRET
FM PEKING 12074OZ APR 83
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 325 OF 12 APRIL
RPTD INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG.
I have
replied
TOP COPY
HKK04012
BOND A 16.962
INDEX
12 APR 1983
HONG KONG TELNO 482: FUTURE OF HONG KONG
(34)
1. SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO SEE URGENTLY THE FULL TEXT OF THE
PRIME MINISTER'S INTERVIEW WITH THE ASIAN WALL STREET JOURNAL.
THERE IS EVERY LIKELIHOOD THAT WE SHALL BE ASKED ABOUT IT EITHER
BY THE CHINESE OR BY DIPLOMATIC COLLEAGUES AND CORRESPONDENTS
HERE. SHOULD NOT LIKE TO APPEAR UNSIGHTED: I HOPE IN FUTURE #
MAY BE FOREWARNED OF SUCH INTERVIEWS OR GIVEN A TELEGRAPHIC
REPORT.
CRADOCK
CM18/8
FUTURE OF HONG KÒNG
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LIMITED
HD/HKGD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
MR ROBERTS
NEWS D
HD/PUSD
MR MARTIN
PS
PS/MR HURD
PS/LORD BELSTEAD
PS/PUS
SIR J BULLARD
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
MR FLOWER
HR COLES
PUSD
COPIES TO
SIR I SINCLAIR LEGAL ADVISER MR BURROWS LEGAL ADVISERS.
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