CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 3258
OF 141745Z DECEMBER 87
FONDENTIAL 2
RECEIVE
CISTRY
16 DEC 1987
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YOUR TELNO 4711: VISIT TO LONDON BY MARTIN LEE
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SO FAR AS WE CAN TELL, MARTIN LEE WAS SHOOTING A LINE. IT IS NOT CLEAR TO WHAT COMMITTEES HE WAS REFERRING, BUT OUR INFORMAL ENQUIRIES WITH THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS SELECT COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAVE ELICITED THE RESPONSE THAT THERE IS NO LIKELIHOOD OF A VISIT TO HONG KONG BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE. THERE IS NO EQUIVALENT SELECT COMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. 2. THE ONLY COMMITTEE THAT DEALS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS IS AN ALL PARTY COMMITTEE OF BACKBENCHERS. WE CANNOT EASILY MAKE ENQUIRIES ABOUT THEIR INTENTIONS BUT THERE IS NOTHING TO SUGGEST THAT THEY HAVE DIRECTED THEIR ATTENTION TO HONG KONG.
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3. AS YOU KNOW, SPONSORED TRIPS TO HONG KONG HAVE BEEN ARRANGED FOR MRS BOTTOMLEY, SIR PETER BLAKER AND DR JOHN MAREK, ALL OF. WHOM ATTENDED MEETINGS WITH MR LEE'S DELEGATION. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ONE OR OTHER OF THEM MAY HAVE TOLD HIM THAT THEY WOULD DISCUSS THE QUESTION OF THE REVIEW FURTHER WHEN IN HONG KONG. 4. WE SHALL KEEP YOU IN INFORMED OF ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
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