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FM FCO 051500Z DECEMBER 84
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING 149
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1334 OF 5′ DECEMBER
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG DESKBY 060100Z
6 DEC 1984
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YOUR TELS NOS 2900-1 AND 2903: PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT:
HONG KONG ATTENDANCE
1. THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS HAVE BEEN AGREED WITH THE
GOVERNOR WHO HAS SPOKEN TO SIR S. Y CHUNG.
AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE CONFIRMATION FROM HONG KONG
THAT THEY HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, YOU SHOULD CARRY THEM OUT AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.
2. YOU SHOULD SAY THAT WE CAN AGREE THAT THE OBSERVERS FROM
HONG KONG SHOULD BE INVITED IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITIES,
PROVIDED THAT IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY ARE FREE TO STATE
PUBLICLY THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES. IT IS ALSO ESSENTIAL THAT
SIR S Y CHUNG AND MR ROGER LOBO SHOULD BE GIVEN A POSITION
CONSONANT WITH THEIR RANK. IT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT THAT THEY
SHOULD APPEAR IN THE FRONT RANK OF THE OBSERVERS. (FOR YOUR OWN
INFORMATION WE SEE SOME ADVANTAGE IN THIS METHOD OF PROCEEDING,
SINCE IT WILL PRECLUDE THE CHINESE FROM INVITING OTHER PERSONAGES
IN THEIR NPC OR CPPCC HATS.)
3.
YOU SHOULD SAY THAT WE ARE NOW CONSULTING URGENTLY WITH THE
LEADERS OF UMELCO, AND WILL PROVIDE NAMES OF UMELCO MEMBERS (PROBABLY ABOUT 10) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
4. YOU SHOULD THEN GIVE ZHOU THE LIST IN HONG KONG TEL NO 3687,
WITH THE EXCEPTION THAT MR D BRAY, SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS,
SHOULD BE SUBSTITUTED FOR MR MD THOMAS, WHO WILL NOT BE BACK IN HONG KONG. YOU SHOULD SAY THAT IN ADDITION WE SHOULD LIKE TO
NOMINATE THREE DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, ONE EACH FROM HONG KONG,
KOWLOON AND THE NEW TERRITORIES, AND WILL PROVIDE NAMES AS SOON
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