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FM HONG KONG 210830Z MAR 83
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 378 OF 21 MARCH 1983
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22 MAR 1983
m M CHIRIE
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING (PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR) AND SINGAPORE
(PERSONAL FOR HIGH COMMISSIONER)
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
THE PRIME MINISTER OF SINGAPORE, LEE KUAN-YEW WILL BE IN HONG KONG
ON A PRIVATE VISIT THIS WEEK AND WE ARE HAVING DINNER TOGETHER ON
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23.
2. UNLESS YOU SEE OBJECTION, I PROPOSE TO
A) CONFIRM TO HIM THAT THE CHINESE ARE BEING TOUGH ON SOVEREIGNTY
AND THAT WE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY IN GETTING THEM TO ENTER INTO
SUBSTANTIVE TALKS:
D) INVITE HIS VIEWS ON HOW THE CASE FOR CONTINUING BRITISH
ADMINISTRATION COULD MOST PERSUASIVELY BE PUT TO PEKING IF WE DID
GET INTO TALKS.
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3. IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY DISCUSSION WITH HIM ON THE HONG KONG
ISSUE SINCE THE PRIME MINISTERS VISIT TO PEKING IT WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO KNOW GENERALLY WHAT WAS SAID TO HIM.
YOUDE
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
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