GRS 150
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2433
OF 280445Z JULY 86
CONFIDENTIAL
AKC 160/
28 JUL 1986
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, PARIS, DTI, DTC HONG KONG
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PEKING'S TELNO 1329: CHINA: NUCLEAR SÅFETY
THREE COMMENTS ON TUR
ON PARAGRAPH ONE (LAST SENTENCE)
THERE ARE BRIEF REPORTS (WHICH WE WILL SEND TO PEKING) ON GOURIEVI - DIS'S MEETING IN THE TA KUNG PAO AND WEN WEI PAO OF 18 JULY. IN ADDITION (AND ON THE SAME DAY) THE CENTRAL DAILY PICKED UP A CNS AGENCY REPORT NO. 0717-23 DATED 17 JULY. INCIDENTALLY GOURIEVIDIS DID NOT CALL ON YAXLEY IN EARLY JULY AS REPORTED IN INDUS 166 TO PEKING. THE FRENCH CONSUL GENERAL TELLS US HE WAS HERE FOR SHOPPING A FEW WEEKS AGO BUT HE MADE NO CALLS.
ON PARAGRAPH THREE
WE ARE CURRENTLY ASSESSING PROGRESS MADE IN IMPLEMENTING THE AGREED STRATEGY AND TACTICS FOR ALLAYING FEARS IN HONG KONG AS SET OUT IN OUR TELNO 1936. WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU LATER THIS WEEK WITH THIS ASSESSMENT AND POSSIBLY SOME PROPOSALS FOR NEW INITIATIVES.
ON PARAGRAPH FOUR
THE TRILATERAL CONTACTS WERE BRIEFLY REPORTED ON 26 JULY IN A FEW PAPERS BUT THE STORY HAS AROUSED LITTLE INTEREST HERE.
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