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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 290942Z NOV 84
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3648 OF 29 NOVEMBER
TOP COPY
INFO PRIORITY PEKING, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT DEFICE LONDON, WASHINGTON,
CG NEW YORK, UKMIS GENEVA, BRUSSELS
HUCK 026 11.
FOR HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OVERSEAS REPRESENTATIVES
HKF/GT/83
*
III
*3 DEC 1984
SINO-BRITISH DRAFT AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG:
UMELCO VISIT TO LONDON.
PARK
1. A DELEGATION OF UMELCO LEAD BY HON SIR S.Y. CHUNG AND HON R.H. LOBO AND COMPRISING 10 OTHER MEMBERS IS LEAVING FOR LONDON ON 30 NOVEMBER. DURING THEIR STAY IN LONDON, THEY WILL MEET MINISTERS, MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT AND THE MEDIA AND WILL ATTEND THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES ON THE SINO-BRITISH DRAFT AGREEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG.
2. PRIOR TO THEIR DEPARTURE, THE UMELCO ISSUED A STATEMENT. THIS IS BEING SENT BY FACSIMILE TO THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES.
LINE TO TAKE.
3. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE UMELCO DELEGATION'S VISIT IS TO ATTEND THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE. THEY WILL ALSO CONVEY AND EXPLAIN TO MINISTERS AND MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT HONG KONG PEOPLE'S REACTION TO THE DRAFT AGREEMENT.
4. EMPHASIS SHOULD ALSO BE PLACED ON THE UMELCO POSITION ON THE DRAFT AGREEMENT 1.E. THE MAJORITY OF THEIR MEMBERS HAVE FOUND THE DRAFT AGREEMENT ACCEPTABLE AND THEY HAVE ALREADY COMMENDED IT TO
THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG. YOUDE
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
LIMITED
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