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FM FCO 251615Z JAN 83
TO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON
TELEGRAM NUMBER 114 OF 25 JANUARY
INFO HONG KONG AND PEKING
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PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR
HONG KONG TELNO 129 AND PEKING TELNO 64: FUTURE OF HONG KONG:
LINE TO TAKE WITH MR SHULTZ
1. WE ACCEPT THE VALIDITY OF THE POINTS IN HONG KONG TUR, BUT IN DRAWING UP OUR ORIGINAL BRIEFING WE CONSIDERED IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE TO ASK SHULTZ TO SPEAK AS FIRMLY AS THIS, FOR
REASONS GIVEN IN PEKING TUR.
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WE REALISE THAT THOMAS HAS PROBABLY SEEN WOLFOVITZ BY NOW. MAY WE LEAVE IT TO YOU, IN THE LIGHT OF THAT MEETING, TO CONSIDER WHETHER THE AMERICANS NEED ANY FURTHER MATERIAL.
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FOR YOUR INFORMATION, HMA PEKING HAS AN APPOINTMENT TO SEE YAO GUANG (VICE FOREIGN MINISTER) AT 1000 AM ON 26 JANUARY (PARA 2 OF FCO TELNO 97). IF, AS A RESULT, THERE IS ANYTHING FURTHER TO SAY TO THE AMERICANS WE SHALL TRY TO LET YOU KNOW VEFORE SHULTZ
LEAVES WASHINGTON ON 28 JANUARY.
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