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FM HONG KONG 130845Z JUN 35
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1191 OF 13 JUNE
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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY: ORDER IN COUNCIL.
FOR GALSWORTHY FROM JEAFFRESON
1. ASPREY ADVISED US, ON HIS RETURN FROM LONDON EARLIER THIS MONTH, THAT YOU WOULD BE TELEGRAPHING US SOON TO MAKE THE SUGGESTION THAT A SMALL TEAM FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SHOULD GO TO LONDON IN JULY TO AGREE A DRAFT ORDER WITH THE FCO AND HO, AND THAT YOU ENVISAGED AGREEMENT OF THE DRAFT AT OFFICIAL LEVEL BY THE END OF JULY.
2. THE TEAM WE PROPOSE TO SEND WILL COMPRISE NOT MORE THAN FOUR (FROM SECURITY BRANCH, GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH, IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT AND LEGAL DEPARTMENT). BUT AS JOHN CHAN, WHO WILL BE THE REPRESENT- ATIVE FROM GENERAL DUTIES BRANCH, WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FROM THE END OF JUNE TO MID-JULY BECAUSE OF LAND COMMISSION DEMANDS, AND AS MR DAVID LITTLE, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE, WILL NOT BE BACK FROM LEAVE IN THE U.S. UNTIL 17 JULY AND MUST BE BACK IN HONG KONG AGAIN ON 27 JULY, IT WOULD SUIT US BEST FOR THE TEAM TO GO TO LONDON FOR DISCUSSIONS FROM 22 TO 25 JULY.
3. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW IF THIS TIMING WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
DEP HD/PUSD
RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER)
PS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR W HARD ING
COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET
MR MALLABY
OFFICE CABINET OFFICE RD R C CHRISTOPHER. CABINET OFF.. SIR P CRADDOCK, No. 10 DOWNING ST.
MR WILSON
SIR J FREELAND
MR J CROWLEY, PUSD
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