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FM HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 2698
OF 2005OOZ AUGUST 86
TOP
FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR HUM, HKD FROM ACTING GOVERNOR
YOUR TELNO 1713: EMILY LAU
1. PENRCE SAW MISS LAU ON 20 AUGUST AND DELIVERED THE MESSAGE N
TUR.
2. MHSS LAU SAND THAT HER REMARKS WERE NOT (NOT) BASED SOLELY ON AN EXCHANGE WITH MR RENTON. SHE HAD ALSO SPOKEN TO AN OFFICIAL N THE FOREIGN OFFICE. SHE DID HOWEVER CONCEDE THAT SHE HAD GONE TOO FAR IN ATTRIBUTING HER INFORMATION TO A SOURCE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE. SHE REGRETTED THIS.
3. ON SUBSTANCE HOWEVER MISS LAU WAS UNREPENTANT. SHE CLAIMED THAT SHE HAD BEEN TOLD THAT CERTAIN HNDIVIDUALS IN EXCO HAD SAID THAT OF
TWO OF THE THREE DEMANDS WERE CONCEDED THE SITUATION COULD BE CONTAINED''. SHE ADMITTED THAT IT WAS NOT PLAIN TO HER WHETHER THESE COMMENTS HAD BEEN DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO LONDON OR MADE TO
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES WHO HAD REPORTED THEM TO
LONDON.
4. MISS LAU ASKED WHAT ACTION THE FOREIGN OFFICE PROPOSED TO TAKE
ON THIS MATTER. PERICE SAND THAT AS FAR AS HE KNEW NO SPECIFIC RETAL NATION WAS BEING MOOTED. HOWEVER THE EPISODE WOULD HAVE DONE
MISS LAU'S REPUTATION NO GOOD WITH THE FOREIGN OFFICE. SHE SHOULD BE MORE CAREFUL IN FUTURE, PARTICULARLY ON THE KEY QUESTION OF ATTRIBUTION.
AKERS-JONES
ARR ON!!
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
DESA
22 AUG 1986
YYYY
HMLNAN 0726
LIMITED
HKD NEWS D.
INFO D.
PS/MR RENTON
SIR W. HARDING DR WILSON
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