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FM HONG KONG 301135Z APR 84
TO IMMEDIATE F CO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1158 OF 30 APRIL
INFO IMMEDIATE PEXING
MIPT: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE
1. SIR S Y CHUNG TOLD ME THAT MEMBERS WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL FOR ANY FIRMER INDICATION WHICH CAN BE GIVEN TO THEM ON THE DATE OF THE
DEBATE.
2. THEY ARE BOUND TO BE ASKED WHETHER
(A) THEIR VISIT TO LONDON HAS THE SUPPORT OF THE HONG KONG GOVERN-
MENT: AND
(B) WHETHER THEY WILL BE RECEIVED BY MINISTERS.
3. ON (A), I TOLD HIM THAT THE IMPACT OF THE VISIT WOULD BE MUCH REDUCED IF IT APPEARED TO BE A DISGUISED INITIATIVE BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. HE AGREED AND SAID THAT FOR THIS REASON THEY THOUGHT THAT THEY SHOULD GO NO FURTHER THAN TO SAY THAT IT HAD THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT'S SUPPORT. I TOLD HIM THAT EVEN THIS WOULD GIVE THE WRONG IMPRESSION: IT WOULD BE BETTER TO SAY THAT THE VISIT IS PURELY A UMELCO INITIATIVE BUT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FULLY UNDER- STAND THE WISH OF UMELCO TO MAKE THEIR VIEWS KNOWN TO MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT IN LONDON BEFORE THE DEBATE.''
4. ON (B), MAY THEY CONFIRM THAT MINISTERS WOULD BE READY TO
RECEIVE THEM?
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5. I TOLD SIR S Y CHUNG THAT THERE WERE TWO OTHER ISSUES WHICH
COULD WELL COME UP IN THEIR TALKS WITH MPS: THE EXTENSION OF
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT AND ELECTIONS TO LEGCO: AND HOW OPINION SHOULD BE TESTED HONG KONG. ON THE FIRST, SUBJECT TO EXCO'S AGREEMENT TOMORROW, THE CHIEF SECRETARY WILL TELL UMELCO AT THEIR