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1. SO FAR AS I CAN ESTABLISH HONG KONG DID NOT COME UP WITH THE
AMERICANS DURING THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON LAST
WEEK (APART FROM A BRIEF EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE PUS AND DAM). WE UNDERSTAND FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT THAT SIR E YOUDE SAW
WEINBERGER DURING THE LATTER'S STOPOVER IN HONG KONG (THOUGH THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAVE NOT YET HAD AN ACCOUNT). IT WOULD BE
USEFUL HERE TO KNOW WHAT THE GOVERNOR TOLD WEINBERGER.
2. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR A REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO DEREK
341 THOMAS TELELETTER OF 20 SEPTEMBER TO ALAN DONALD ABOUT HIS
PUTATIVE VISIT TO WASHINGTON.
3. WE ARE ARRANGING FOR MR LUCE TO SEE WOLFOWITZ DURING HIS
VISIT HERE ON 25-26 OCTOBER. HONG KONG WILL INEVITABLY COME UP
THEN, AND WE ASSUME YOU WILL BE CONSIDERING BRIEFING IN THE
LIGHT OF THE NEXT ROUND WITH THE CHINESE.
4.
DURING MY CALL ON DON ANDERSON, DIRECTOR FOR CHINA IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT (MY TELELETTER OF 5 OCTOBER TO NIGEL COX), 1 ASKED ANDERSON ON A PERSONAL BASIS WHAT SORT OF NOISES THEY WERE
GETTING FROM THE AMERICAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY ABOUT THE CURRENT
SITUATION IN HONG KONG. HE SAID THAT US BUSINESS WERE VERY
CONCERNED, BUT WERE NOT ASKING THE US GOVERNMENT TO ATTEMPT TO
PLAY ANY ROLE IN THE ISSUE. ANDERSON SAID THE US COULD ALMOST
CERTAINLY NOT HOPE TO DO THIS ANYWAY. THE IR POLICY WAS TO CONTINUE
TO EXPRESS CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG. FORMER
SECRETARY OF STATE ROGERS AND ANOTHER EXECUTIVE OF MERRILL LYNCH
HAD CONSULTED THEM LAST WEEK ABOUT THEIR INVESTMENT PROGRAMME IN
HONG KONG. THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAD TAKEN THE LINE THAT THEY
COULD NOT ADVISE MERRILL LYNCH ON THEIR INVESTMENTS, BUT ANY
SIGN THAT SUCH AN IMPORTANT AMERICAN COMPANY WAS LOSING
CONFIDENCE IN THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG WOULD BE VERY DAMAGING
TO CONFIDENCE IN GENERAL. SINCE THEN, MERRILL LYNCH
HAD APPARENTLY ANNOUNCED A FURTHER 25 MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT
IN HONG KONG. I EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THIS HELPFUL LINE.
SIGNED S J GOMERSALL
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