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TO PRIORITY HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR)
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1235 OF 22 NOVEMBER
INFO PRIORITY PEKING (FOR AMBASSADOR)
YOUR TELNO 1713: SIR P GOODHART'S PROPOSALS ON THE FUTURE OF
HONG KONG
1.
MR LUCE HAS SPOKEN TWICE TO SIR PHILIP GOODHART ABOUT HIS
PROPOSALS, EXPLAINING THE DELICACY OF THE SITUATION AND
EMPHASISING THE POSSIBLE IMPACT THEY MAY HAVE ON CONFIDENCE IN
HONG KONG. DESPITE THIS, HOWEVER, SIR PHILIP SHOWS EVERY SIGN
OF BEING READY TO PERSEVERE WITH HIS PROPOSALS.
2.
WE ARE GLAD DAVIES WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO CHEUNG.. HIS REPLY,
WHICH WE HAVE NOW SEEN, WAS SUITABLY UNENTHUSIASTIC AND WE HOPE
THIS MAY HELP TO REIN SIR PHILIP IN. ANYTHING MORE YOU CAN DO TO
ENCOURAGE CHEUNG IN THIS SENSE WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL.
3. MR LUCE HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS CASE CLOSELY, AND WE HAVE
UNDERTAKEN TO KEEP HIM FULLY POSTED ON DEVELOPMENTS. PLEASE LET
US KNOW AT ONCE IF THIS LOOKS LIKE BOILING UP INTO A MAJOR ISSUE.
HOWE
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