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DESKBY FCO 26080OZ
DESKBY PEKING 26080OZ
SECRET
SECRET
FM HONG KONG 260645Z SEP 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3045 of 26 SEPTEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
OP!
*IKKO 40146
REGLIV
ISTRY
26 SEP 1984
PFICER
TAL
'A
REGISTRY
Action Taken
*2rt GR28/9
YOUR TELEGRAM NO 1950: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: TEST OF ACCEPTABILITY
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THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE WILL TRY TO TELEGRAPH THE TEXT OF ITS
REPORT TO YOU INFORMALLY EARLIER THAN 27 NOVEMBER ON THE
UNDERSTANDING THAT AMENDMENTS TO THE ASSESSMENT CHAPTERS MAY
BE UNAVOIDABLE.
2. BECAUSE THE ART WORK ETC., IS ALL COMPLETED IT IS NOT
POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE FINAL DATE FOR
COMMENT IN THE ADVERTISEMENT WHICH WILL APPEAR ON 27 SEPTEMBER
ALTHOUGH SUBSEQUENT PUBLICITY BY THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE WILL
INCLUDE IT. IN ANY CASE WE THINK IT BETTER THAT THE HONG KONG
GOVERNMENT RATHER THAN THE ASSESSMENT OFFICE SHOULD
ANNOUNCE THIS DATE AND THIS WILL BE DONE IN A GOVERNMENT
PRESS RELEASE TO BE ISSUED ON 28 SEPTEMBER.
3. WE SHOULD PREFER THAT YOU DO NOT INCLUDE THE CUT-OFF DATE
OF 15 NOVEMBER IN THE SUPPLEMENTARY BRIEFING FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE SINCE THIS PRECEDES THE GOVERNOR'S PRESS CONFERENCE
AT WHICH WE HOPE TO AVOID ANY CRITICISMS WHICH MIGHT BE LEVELLED
AT THE RELATIVELY SHORT TIME WHICH HONG KONG HAS BEEN GIVEN TO
CONSIDER THE AGREEMENT.
125
HADDON-CAVE
LIMITED
HKD
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COPIES TO":
SIR. P. CRADOCK