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FM HONG KONG 301023Z JUN 83
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 918 OF 30 JUNE
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING (PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR)
PERSONAL FOR DONALD FROM GOVERNOR
MY TELNO 912: VISIT OF MR HAYDEN TO HONG KONG
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THE POLITICAL ADVISER BRIEFED THE AUSTRALIAN COMMISSIONER TODAY.
2. THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE START OF THE SECOND PHASE OF THE
TALKS WILL OF COURSE HAVE BEEN MADE WHEN MR HAYDEN CALLS ON THE
CHIEF SECRETARY AS ACTING GOVERNOR ON 4 JULY. HADDON CAVE WILL CLEARLY NEED TO MAKE SOME REFERENCE TO IT. SINCE THE START OF THE
SECOND PHASE WAS FORESHADOWED IN THE BRIEFINGS ALREADY GIVEN (PARA
4 OF SECOND TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE) HE COULD SIMPLY CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE NOW GOT TO THE POINT WHERE BOTH SIDES ARE READY FOR MORE SUBSTANTIVE DICUSSION AND THAT I WILL BE GOING TO PEKING FOR THE PURPOSE. WOULD YOU WISH HIM TO SAY ANYTHING MORE THAN THIS?
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RECENZED, IN KAGUTAY NO. 51 -7 JUL 1983
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