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CONFIDENTIAL
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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1502 OF 6 DECEMBER
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REGISTRY
Action Taken
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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214 YOUR TELNO 2907 AND HONG KONG TELNO 1380 TO PEKING:
PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: HONG KONG ATTENDANCE
1. WE AGREE THAT YOU SHOULD TELL THE CHINESE THAT WE EXPECT TO
NOMINATE APPROXIMATELY TEN UMELCO MEMBERS OURSELVES. YOU SHOULD
ALSO SAY THAT THOUGH THERE MAY BE AN OVERLAP WITH LEGCO/EXCO MEMBERS WHOM THE CHINESE HAVE PROPOSED, OUR LIST MAY NOT INCLUDE
ALL THEIR NOMINEES. WE SHOULD OF COURSE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THEIR INVITING ANY OF THOSE UNOFFICIALS WHO APPEAR ON THEIR LIST
BUT NOT ON OURS, IN ADDITION TO THOSE NOMINATED BY US.
2.
UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE UMELCO ARE AT THE MOMENT SCATTERED AROUND THE WORLD, IT WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE TO GET A NAMELIST TO YOU UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK.
3. WE AGREE WITH PARAS 2-6 OF HONG KONG TUR, PARA 6 AS
SUGGESTED IF THE CHINESE QUIBBLE AT NUMBERS. YOU SHOULD ALSO
PUT FORWARD THE THREE DISTRICT BOARD REPRESENTATIVES NAMED IN HONG KONG TELNO 1387.
4. THE GOVERNOR HAS BEEN CONSULTED ON THE ABOVE.
HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RES D.(MR WALKER)
HD/PROTOCOL D
PS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
COPIES TO: MR ROBERTS MR FIFOOT
MR BURROWS
VIA ADR) NEWS DEPT
LEGAL ADVS.
LEGAL ADVS
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 K 195
SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
MR CROWLEY
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