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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL,
OPY
FROM PEKING 0705052 JUL 83
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 644 OF U/7/83
REPEATED FOR INFO TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRESS ARTICLE ABOUT SECOND PHASE TALKS
1. THE JULY CHINESE DIGEST OF ITEMS FROM FOREIGN
AGENCIES CARRIED AN AP REPORT, DATELINED LONDON 5 JULY, WHICH INTER
ALIA SAID QUOTE THE FOREIGN OFFICE SAID THE PEKING MEETING TUESDAY
WOULD LAST ONLY ONE DAY. THEN OTHER NEGOTIATING SESSIONS, POSSIBLY
AT SUB-COMMITTEE LEVEL, WILL FOLLOW, HONG KONG SOURCES
INDICATED UNQUOTE.
2. ALTHOUGH THE SUBSTANCE IS NOT SERIOUS IN ITSELF, IT IS
UNFORTUNATE THAT SUCH AN AUTHORATIVE DISCLOSURE SHOULD HAVE SLIPPED, APPARENTLY, FROM OUR SIDE. THIS WILL NOT MAKE IT ANY EASIER IN FUTURE TO CENSURE THE CHINESE FOR BREACHES OF CONFIDENTIALITY.
CRADOCK
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
LIMITED
COPIES TO:
HD/HKD
SIR I SINCLAIR LEGAL ADVISER
ED/FED
MR BURROWS
HD/PLANNING STAFF
MR MARTIN
HD/PUSD
PS.
MR FLOWER
PS/LADY YOUNG
MR COLES
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR J BULLARD
LEGAL ADVISERS ASSESSMENTS STAFF CABINET OFFICE
PUSD
NO 10 DOWNING ST
SIR A PARSONS
MR WALKER, RESEARCH DEPT (GOGGS);
MR ROBERTS NEWS D
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MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
MR WRIGHT
CONFIDENTAL