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GR 50
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 23093OZ JAN 84
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 177 OF 23 JANUARY
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
YOUR TELNO 70: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: NCNA DINNER.
1. I TRIED TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION FROM.XU JIA-TUN AT THE NCNA DINNER ON FRIDAY, 20 JANUARY OF THE THREE PART CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL PROPOSITION ATTRIBUTED TO JI PENGFEI AND HUAN XIANG. HE WOULD NOT. BE DRAWN ON THE SUBJECT. THE ONLY COMMENT HE DID MAKE WAS THAT WHAT HUAN XIANG SAID DID NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT AN AUTHORITATIVE PEKING
VIEW.
THIS TELEGRAM
YOUDE
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
COPIES TO:
WAS NOT ADVANCED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
FD/FED
ED/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
D/HD/PUSD (MR FLOWER)
RES.D. (MR WALKER)
LEGAL ADVISER (SIR IAN SINCLAIR
PS
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR BULLARD
KR DONALD
MR WRIGHT
SIR C TICKELL
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
PS/LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL PS/HOME SECRETARY
PS/CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
PS/LORD PRIVY SEAL
PS/SECRETARY FOR TRADE & INDUSTRY
COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS
MR BURROWS
MR COLES NO
NEWS D
LEGAL ADVS
10 DOWNING ST
MR MARTIN ASSESSMENT STAFF CABINET OFFICE
MR GOODALL CABINET OFFICE
MR BRENNAN CABINET OFFICE PS/S OF S FOR DEFENCE D PS/ATTORNEY GENERAL
SIR P CRADOCK RM K195
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