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27 FEB 1986
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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 354
OF 211610Z FEBRUARY 86
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PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM GALSWORTHY
MIPT:
ROBERT ADLEY
FOLLOWING IS DRAFT REPLY FROM SECRETARY OF STATE:
BEGINS.
1.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER OF 18 FEBRUARY. I AM SORRY THAT
YOU WILL NOT NOW BE GOING TO HONG KONG.
2. I WAS EXTREMELY CONCERNED AT THE CONTENTS OF YOUR LETTER TO SIR EDWARD YOUDE, AND HAVE HAD THE MATTER LOOKED INTO URGENTLY
THE BOTH WITH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND BRITISH AIRWAYS,
LATTER BOTH IN LONDON AND HONG KONG.
3. I THINK THAT THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A MISUNDERSTANDING. BRITISH AIRWAYS HAVE ASSURED US THAT THE DECISION TO SUGGEST THAT YOU SHOULD NOT GO ON THE TRIP WAS THEIRS ALONE, AND THAT NO SUGGESTION TO THAT EFFECT WAS MADE TO THEM BY ANY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SOURCE. THEY HAVE ALSO TOLD US THAT THERE WAS NO SUGGESTION IN WHAT THEY SAID TO YOU THAT OFFICIAL SOURCES IN HONG
KONG WERE IN ANY WAY INVOLVED.
4.
I HAVE CONFIRMED WITH THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO SUGGESTION FROM THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT THAT YOUR
VISIT WOULD BE IN ANY WAY UNWELCOME.
5. IN VIEW OF WHAT YOU SAID TO MY PRIVATE SECRETARY ABOUT THE PUBLICITY FOR YOUR VISIT, WE HAVE ALSO LOOKED INTO THIS ASPECT.
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