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FM HONG KONG 130635Z NOV 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3461 OF 13 NOVEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TOP COPY
YOUR TELNO 2236: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: ASSESSMENT OFFICE REPORT.
1. WE WILL SEND 2 (2) COPIES OF ALL THE SUBMISSIONS READY BY SPEED POST ON 15 NOVEMBER TO REACH YOU ON 16 NOVEMBER. IN THIS CONSIGNMENT WE WILL ALSO INCLUDE SOME OF THE APPENDICES. THEY WILL BE ADDRESSED UNLESS YOU ADVISE OTHERWISE TO MR RICHARD HOARE OF THE HONG KONG DEPARTMENT. TWO COPIES OF THE REST
WILL FOLLOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
2. WE WILL SEND YOU GRAPHS AND CHARTS PLUS THE REMAINING APPENDICES BY THE SAME METHOD AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE NEXT WEEK.
3. WE WILL TELEGRAPH THE TEXT OF THE DRAFT ASSESSMENT OFFICE REPORT ON FRIDAY, 23 NOVEMBER AS REQUESTED.
4. THE APPENDICES CONSIST OF AN ORGANISATION CHART, COPIES
OF THE TWO ADVERTISEMENTS PLACED BY THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE, A LIST OF ORGANISATIONS WHICH HAVE MADE SUBMISSIONS, A LIST OF SURVEYS, AND A NOTE DESCRIBING LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE BODIES SUCH AS THE HEUNG YEE KUK. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE SUMMARY OF VIEWS EXPRESSED BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS AS SENT TO US BY UMELCO. ALTOGETHER
THESE WILL AMOUNT TO ABOUT 16 PAGES.
5. MR A.L. PURVES OF THE COUNCILS AND ADMINISTRATION BRANCH WILL ACT AS COURIER TO BRING THE FINAL TEXT OF THE ASSESSMENT REPORT AND THE REPORT OF THE MONITORING TEAM TO LONDON. HE WILL TRAVEL BY BA20 ARRIVING LONDON ON THE MORNING OF 27 NOVEMBER. PLEASE
ADVISE ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET HIM.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER)
PS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR W HARD ING
MR WILSON SIR J FREELAND
COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
OFFICE
MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE MR COLVIN, CABINET OFFICE
SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST SIR P CRADOCK, ROOM K195
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(REPEATED AS REQUESTED)
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