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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 210505Z OCT 83
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1565 OF 21 OCTOBER 1983
UNFO HMMEDIATE PEKING AND UKREP BRUSSELS
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2 OCT 1983
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-YOUR TELNO 706 TO PEKING: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: WAS IT TO CHINA
BY GASTON THORN, PRESIDENT OF THE EC.
1. WE SEE SOME ADVANTAGE MN ASKING THORN TO MAKE THE GENERAL POINT
THAT HONG KONG IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRADING COMMUNITY AND THAT ALL HTS TRADING PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE EC,
ATTACH IMPORTANT TO THE PRESERVATION OF THESE LINKS.
2. SHALL CONSULT THE GOVERNOR ABOUT THIS ON HIS RETURN.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM HIM WILL BE TELEGRAPHED SEPARATELY.
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HADDON-CAVE
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
COPIES TO
SIR IAN SINCLAIR LEGAL ADVISER
LIMITED
HD/HKD
MR BURROWS
HD/FED
MR ROBERTS
HD/PLANNING STAFF
MR MARTIEN
ED/PUSD
PS
PS/LADY YOUNG
MR FLOWER
PS/MR LUCE
MR COLES
PS/PUS
SIR J BULLARD
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
MR WRIGHT
LEGAL ADVISER
NEWS D
ASSESSMENTS STAFF
CABINET OFFICE
PUSD
NO 10 DOWNING STREET
SIR A PARSONS NO 10 DOWNING STREET
MR WALKER RESEARCH D OAB 2/82
MR GOODALL, CABINET OFFICE
SIR PHILIP MOORE, BUCKINGHAM PALACE
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