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KRUISTA!
2 8 NOV 1984
*ICER
PA
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FRTM PEKING 280605Z NOV 84
JAK
27/11
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2830 OF 28/11/84
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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YOUR TEL NO 1450: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT:
ANNOUNCEMENT
1 THOMSON CALLED THIS MORNING ON LUO JIAHUAN TO CONVEY
YOUR AGREEMENT TO CHINESE PROPOSALS FOR THE
TIMING OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT AND A COPY OF THE TEXT WHICH YOU WILL
BE ISSUING. LUO EXPRESSED GRATITUDE FOR OUR COOPERATION
ON TIMIG. ON THE CONTENT OF OUR ANNOUNCEMENT HE
SAID THE TEXT IN YOUR TEL NO 1451 WOULD BE QUITE ACCEPTABLE TO HIS GOVERNMENT. AS HE HAD SAID YESTERDAY, THE CHINESE ANNOUNCEMENT WOULD OMIT THE PHRASE SUBJECT TO THE
OUTCOME OF THE DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT'' AND THE
WHOL OF PARAGRAPH 2.
BUT COULD CONFIRM THAT THEIR TEXT WOULD INCLUDE THE SECOND AND LAST
SENTENCES OF PARA1.
2. IN THE CHINESE LANGAUGE VERSION THERE WILL BE THE FOLLOWING
DETAILED DRAFTING CHANGES IN TRANSLATION:
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