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FM FCO 071100Z SEP 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
20 (070/50)
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1779 OF 7 SEPTEMEBER
INFO ROUTINE PEKING
HILIL 040/46.
ROSEIVED.
1.SEP 1764
мела
OUR TELNO 1688 AND YOUR TELNO 2653: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: TEST OF
ACCEPTABILITY
1. WE HAVE HAD TO CONSULT SIR PATRICK NAIRNE AGAIN ABOUT THE
HE QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOKLET REFERRED TO IN OUR TELNO 1688. WAS IN FACT THINKING OF TWO SEPARATE EXERCISES: A SERIES OF FACT SHEETS PRODUCED BY THE GOVERNMENT AT THE TIME OF THE REFERENDUM ON EC MEMBERSHIP AND A QUESTION AND ANSWER PAMPHLET PRODUCED BY CONSERVATIVE RESEARCH DEPT IN 1971 BEFORE ACCESSION. WE ARE
SENDING BOTH OF THESE TO YOU IN THE NEXT BAG ADDRESSED TO
MARGOLIS.
2. WE ASSUME YOU HAVE DRAFTS OF QUESTION AND ANSWERS IN HAND.
WILL YOU PRODUCE THE BOOKLET IN BOTH ENGLISH AND CHINESE.
HOWE
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DISTRIBUTION
LIMITED
HKD
FED
COPIES TO!.
SIR P CRADOCK
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