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DD 130100Z PEKING
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DESKBY 130100Z
FM FCO 121348Z NOV 84
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1398 OF 12 NOV
INFO IMMEIDATE HONG KONG
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HONG KONG TELNO 3454
GOVERNMENT
1.
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FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE
FCO TELNO 1386 INADVERTENTLY NOT COPIED TO HONG KONG)
CONVEYED THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S INSTRUCTIONS THAT, ONCE HONG
KONG HAD CONFIRMED THAT THE WHITE PAPER WILL BE TABLED IN LEGCO
ON 21 NOVEMBER, YOU SHOULD SEEK A MEETING WITH ZHOU NAN ON 15
NOVEMBER AND SPEAK AS PROPOSED IN HONG KONG TELNO 3359, AND THAT
MCLAREN SHOULD SPEAK ON THE SAME LINES TO LU PING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THEREAFTER (NOW ARRANGED FOR 16 NOVEMBER).
2. WE AGREE WITH THE REVISED ARRANGEMENTS IN PARAGRAPH 2 OF TUR. A
FURTHER RISK IN SHOWING THE FULL TEXT TO ZHOU NAN WOULD BE THAT
CHINESE MIGHT THEN USE LU'S MEETING WITH MCLAREN TO PRESS FOR
TEXTUAL AMENDMENTS. WE CANNOT OF COURSE RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY
THAT THEY WILL IN ANY CASE PRESS FOR AMENDMENTS, BUT CLEARLY ANTHING WE CAN DO TO REDUCE THE CHANCE OF THIS IS WORTH TRYING.
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