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FM HONG KONG 158946Z JUL 33
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1318 OF 15 JULY 1983
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
152
YOUR TELNO 643: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRESS COVERAGE.
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Pam
19 JUL 1983
OBSK OF INDEX
tion Taken
↑ CH28/17
(161)
NO OFFICIAL HERE HAS SAID, OR WOULD HAVE SAID ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
2. REUTER'S DO NOT HAVE A CORRESPONDENT OF THEIR OWN IN HONG KONG.
THEY MAY WELL HAVE PICKED UP THIS STORY FROM ONE OF THE HONG KONG
JOURNALISTS WHO WERE IN PEKING. FOR THE LATTER QUOTE SOURCES CLOSE
TO THE TALKS UNQUOTE IS MORE THAN LIKELY TO MEAN NO SOURCE AT ALL.
3. WITH VERY LITTLE HARD NEWS AVAILABLE, AND NONE ON THE CONTENTS OF THE TALKS, LOCAL JOURNALISTS ARE OFTEN REDUCED TO REPORTING RUMOURS OR EVEN TO FABRICATION. THERE ARE THEREFORE LIKELY TO BE FURTHER
REPORTS OF THIS KIND WHEN THE NEXT MEETING IN PEKING TAKES PLACE ON
25/26 JULY. AS FAR AS WE ARE CONCERNED, THEY WILL BE WITHOUT FOUND-
ATION.
See 1637
YOUDE
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
LIMITED
ED/HKD
COPIES TO:
ED/FED
MR BURROWS
ED/PLANNING STAFF
MR MARTIN
HD/PUSD
PS
MR FLOWER
PS/LADY YOUNG
MR COLES
PS/R LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR J BULLARD
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
MR WRIGHT
SIR I SINCLAIR LEGAL ADVISER
LEGAL ADVISERS ASSESSMENTS STAFF CABINET OFFICE
PUSD
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MR WALKER, RESEARCH DEPT (90995)
MR ROBERTS NEWS D
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