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4. On the Governor's instructions Colvin Haye has now spoken again
to Mr Wheeler, and obtained from him a categoric assurance that the
information in the document will not be passed to anyone else. Mr
Wheeler is of course grateful to be taken into the Hong Kong
Government's confidence.
5. We hope that this will be sufficient to prevent the information
getting out that HMG are considering amongst other things the issue
of involuntary repatriation. Mr Luce might want to speak to Mr
Wheeler himself, though he would be the best judge of whether this
would be likely to be effective. There would of course be a danger
that he would then have to speak also about HMG's reaction to the
Hong Kong Government's recommendation, which we are not yet ready to
give.
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A C Galsworthy
4 April 1985
Hong Kong Department
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