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RR WELLINGTON
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SECRET
DEDIP
FM FCO 201430Z SEPT 83
TO PRIORITY OTTAWA
TELEGRAM NUMBER 273 OF 20 SEPTEMBER
AND TO PRIORITY WELLINGTON
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INFO PIORITY HONG KONG, PEKING, CANBERRA (PERSONAL FOR HIGH
COMMISSIONER) AND WASHINGTON (PERSONAL FOR THOMAS).MMISSIONER)
FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
PERSONAL FOR HIGH COMMISSIONER FROM CLIFT: BRIEFING OF
CANADIANS AND NEW ZEALANDERS.
1.
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS AGREED THAT WE SHOULD BRING THE
CANADIANS AND THE NEW ZEALANDERS INTO THE PICTURE AT A HIGH LEVEL
AND KEEP THEM GENERALLY UP TO DATE AS WE DO IN THE CASE OF THE
AUSTRALIANS AND, TO A GREATER EXTENT, THE AMERICANS.
2.
THE PRIME MINISTER HAS BEEN BRIEFED ACCORDINGLY FOR HER
TALKS IN OTTAWA WITH MR TRUDEAU ON 26 SEPTEMBER. MR WHITNEY HAS
BEEN SIMILARLY BRIEFED FOR HIS DISCUSSIONS WITH MR COOPER IN
WELLINGTON BETWEEN 26-30 SEPTEMBER. BRIEFING GIVES BACKGROUND TO
SECOND PHASE OF SINO-BRITISH TALKS, SETS OUT GENERAL OBJECTIVES
AND GIVES PROGRESS TO DATE.
3. GRATEFUL IF YOU, AND WELLINGTON, WOULD REPORT BY TELEGRAM
(COPIED TO PEKING AND HONG KONG) ANY MINISTERIAL DISCUSSION ON
HONG KONG.
4.
ANY ADDITIONAL BRIEFING ARISING OUT OF THE NEXT ROUND OF
TALKS ON HONG KONG IN PEKING ON 22/23 SEPTEMBER WILL BE SENT BY
TELEGRAM.
FOR HONG KONG AND PEKING
5.
BRIEFING IS ON SAME LINES AS THAT GIVEN ALREADY TO THE
AUSTRALIANS. YOU HAVE AUTHORITY TO BRIEF YOUR CANADIAN AND
NEW ZEALAND COLLEAGUES ALONG SIMILAR LINES, BUT YOU SHOULD NOT
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