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DESK OFFICER
REGISTATY
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Action Taken
DESK BY 02113OZ
FM HONG KONG 02110OZ NOV 83
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
INDEX
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1658 OF 2 NOVEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKMING
FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRESS STORIES ABOUT INFORMAL CONTACTS. 1. THE FIRST HITEM ON THE RTHK RADIO NEWS AT 6 P.M. WAS A
REPORT THAT IT HAD BEEN ANNOUNCED THAT THE FIRST OF THE INFORMAL MEETINGS ON THR FUTURE OF HONG KONG HAD TAKEN PLACE.
THE SOURCE OF THE STORY (NOT ACKNOWLEDGED BY RTHK) WAS AN
AFP REPORT FROM PEKING QUOTING QI HUAYUAN, HEAD OF THE CHINESE
MEA INFORMATION DEPARTMENT AS HAVING TOLD JOURNALISTS THAT THE FIRST INFORMAL MEETING HAD TAKEN PLACE BETWEEN SIR P. CRADOCK AND VICE FOREIGN MINISTER YAO GUANG. Q HAD DECLINED TO GIVE
ANY DETAILS. (WE UNDERSTAND THAT REUTERS HAVE AN IDENTICAL STORY).
2. WE SHALL, AS A RESULT OF THIS STORY, BE UNDER HEAVY PRESSURE
TO CONFIRM THAT A MEETING HAS TAKEN PLACE. SUBJECT TO YOUR VIEWS, WE SEE NO (NO) OBJECTION TO DOING SO. GRATEFUL FOR A REPLY
DESK BY 03013OZ.
YOUDE
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