GR 100

SECRET

SECRE HKK

0113

16 JUL 1924

FUTURE EGRET

DESKBY 1313OOZ

FM HONG KONG 130845Z JUL 84

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1924 OF 13 JULY

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

FUTURE EGRET:

011/3

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STATEMENT BY SECRETARY OF STATE ON GREEN PAPER ON 18 JULY.

1. WE HAVE NO SUBSTANTIVE SUGGESTIONS TO OFFER.

2. HOWEVER, WE PRESUME THAT THE REFERENCE TO PARAGRAPH 65

OF GREEN PAPER' IN PARA 1(3) OF YOUR TEL UNDER REF IS MEANT

TO REFER TO THE PARAGRAPH WHICH SUMMARISES THE PROPOSALS MADE IN CHAPTERS 5, 6 AND 7 OF THE GREEN PAPER. AS A RESULT OF LATEST RE-NUMBERING OF PARAGRAPHS IN THE PRINTED VERSION, COPIES OF WHICH ARE BEING DESPATCHED TO YOU BY BAG TODAY, THIS PARAGRAPH IS NOW PARAGRAPH 67.

YOUDE

LIMITED

HD/HKD

COPIES TO:

SIR P CRADOCK

MR BURROWS

HD/FED

LEGAL ADVISERS

MR FIFOOT

SIR W HARDING

SECRET

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