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FM FCO 131125Z MAY 83
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 455 OF 13 MAY
INFO PEKING
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FOR DAVIES FROM CLIFT
PA a
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YOUR TELNOS 507 AND 606 : ECONOMIC VALUE OF HONG KONG TO CHINA
1. I AM SORRY WE HAVE NOT REPLIED SOONER BUT WE HAVE HAD TO
CONSIDER YOUR REQUEST CAREFULLY WITH ALL CONCERNED.
2. YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT GENERALLY THE BOWDLERISATION OF
JIC PAPERS PRESENTS SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES. HOWEVER, SINCE THIS
PARTICULAR PAPER CONTAINS SO MUCH FACTUAL STATISTICAL MATERIAL,
MUCH OF WHICH IS UNCLASSIFIED, THERE IS NO OBJECTION ON THIS
OCCASION TO YOUR DRAWING ON THE WHOLE PAPER IN ORAL BRIEFING OF
VISITORS AND THE UNOFFICIALS. ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS, WITH THE
FOLLOWING PROVISOS:
(A) YOU SHOULD NOT HAND OVER ANY KIND OF PAPER.
(B)
(C) YOU SHOULD AVOID ANY MENTION OF SOURCES WHERE THE VARIOUS
STATISTICS ARE CONCERNED, BY THEY IMF, ASSESSMENTS STAFF, MOD
OR CHINESE.
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