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GR 100
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MK K04011
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FM HONG KONG 15074OZ MAR 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 705 OF 15 MARCH
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING
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MY TELNO 691: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: LEGCO DEBATE.
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1. MR JOHN SWAINE'S SPEECH ALSO INCLUDED A REFERENCE TO BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS (BDTC'S) WHO CONSTITUTE 60 PERCENT OF HONG KONG'S PRESENT POPULATION. MR SWAINE SAID THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE ENTITLED TO THE PROTECTION OF HMG. IT WOULD BE THE GRAVEST INJUSTICE ON AN ABDICATION OF RESPONSIBILITY IF HMG WERE TO WRITE OFF THESE PEOPLE BY SIGNING OF A TREATY.
2. ON A RELATED ISSUE, MR F.K. HU STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING THE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT ALLOWED BY OTHER COUNTRIES TO HONG KONG PEOPLE.
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FUTURE OF HONG KONG
COPIES TO:
BUCKINGHAM PALACE PS/LORD PRESIDENT
THE COUNCIL
FED
ED/PLANNING STAFF
ED/PUSD
D/ED/PUSD
́PES .B. (MR WALKER)
LEGAL ADVISER (SIR TAN SINCLAIR
PS
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/AF LUCE
PS/PUS
STR J BULLARD
SIR W HARDING
TR WILSON
KR FRIGHT
SER C TICKELL
PS/HOME SECRETARY
PS/CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
PS/LORD PRIVY SEAL
PS/SECRETARY FOR TRADE & INDUSTRY
COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS IEWS D
MR BURROWS LEGAL ADVS
MR COLES NO 10 DOWNING ST
MR MARTIN ASSESSMENT STAFF CABINET OFFICE
MR GOODALI CABINET OFFICE
MR BRENNAN CABINET OFFICE
PS/S OF S FOR DEFENCE D PS/ATTORNEY GENERAL
SIR P CRADOCK EN K195
SIR P CRADOCE NO 10 DOWNING STREET
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