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FM HONG KONG 08052OZ MAY 84
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1251 OF 8 MAY
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
FUTURE OF HONG KONG:
UMELCO VISIT TO LONDON
1. IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR VISIT TO LONDON THE UMELCO DELEGATION HAVE DRAWN UP A MANIFESTO WHICH THEY HAVE HAD PRINTED. THE TEXT, A COPY OF WHICH SIR S Y CHUNG GAVE ME THIS MORNING, IS IN MIFT.
2. ONE THOUSAND COPIES OF THIS MANIFESTO ARE ALREADY ON THEIR WAY TO LONDON AND WILL BE POSTED TO MP'S ON WEDNESDAY UNDER COVER OF A LETTER SIGNED PERSONALLY BY SIR S Y CHUNG. IT WILL BE RELEASED TO THE PRESS HERE TOMORROW EVENING TO APPEAR IN THE FOLLOWING
DAYS'S MORNING PRESS.
3. WE ARE BOUND TO BE ASKED WHEN THE MANIFESTO APPEARS WHETHER THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WAS CONSULTED IN ITS PREPARATION. I HAVE AGREED WITH SIR S Y CHUNG THAT WE WILL SAY THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WERE NOT CONSULTED: IT IS ENTIRELY A UMELCO DOCUMENT: BUT THAT WE WERE GIVEN A COPY IN ADVANCE OF PUBLICATION AS A COURTESY. I SUGGEST THAT THE NEWS DEPARTMENT SHOULD TAKE THE SAME LINE.
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PS/LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL PS/HOME SECRETARY
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PS/SECRETARY FOR TRADE & INDUSTRY
COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)
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KR GOODALL
CABINET OFFICE
MR BRENNAN CABINET OFFICE PS/S OF S FOR DEFENCE D PS/ATTORNEY GENERAL
SIR F CRADOCK IM K196
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