GRS 300
SECRET
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 087
OF 09101OZ JANUARY 87
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
SECRET
RECEIVED IN REGL HY
14 JAN 1987
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OUR TELNO 53: KOWLOON WALLED CITY
1. LI RUOHE TOLD PEIRCE ON 9 JANUARY THAT NCNA COULD NOW CONFIRM, ON
INSTRUCTIONS FROM PEKING, THAT QIAO WOULD BE ABLE TO REACH FINAL
AGREEMENT WITH BOYD ON 12 JANUARY. WE SHALL THEREFORE BE ABLE TO
PROCEED AS PLANNED ON 14 JANUARY.
2. LI SAID THAT THE CHINESE STATEMENT WOULD BE MADE AT 9.15 A.M.
ON 14 JANUARY BY A SPOKESMAN OF THE MFA INFORMATION DEPARTMENT.
3. PEIRCE TOLD LI ABOUT AN AMENDMENT WE PROPOSED TO OUR PRESS
RELEASE - THE OMMISSION OF THE FINAL SENTENCE REFERRING TO HU
FA-KUANG. ON REFLEXION WE (AND MR. HU) FELT THAT IT WOULD BE
DISCOURTEOUS TO THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO
ANNOUNCE THIS BEFORE THEY HAD MET FORMALLY TO DISCUSS THE SETTING
UP OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE. LI UNDERSTOOD.
4. LI INVITED US TO MAKE ''APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS TO DEAL WITH
POSSIBLE TROUBLE CAUSED BY A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THE DAY
OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT''. PEIRCE TOLD HIM THAT THIS WAS ALREADU IN
HAND (WHICH IT IS).
5. WE NOW PLAN TO START THE SURVEY OPERATION AT 10.00 A.M., NOT
9.30 A.M., TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR NEWS OF THE CLEARANCE TO SPREAD
AMONG THE RESIDENTS. WE DO NOT WANT THEM TO BE SHOCKED WHEN
FIFTY HOUSING DEPARTMENT TEAMS MOVE IN. ALSO, WE NOW INTEND TO DIRECT PRESS QUESTIONS TO DIS (JOHN CHAN) AS GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN,
ALTHOUGH SOME QUESTIONS ON PURELY OPERATIONAL MATTERS MAY BE
HANDLED BY H.T. LUI AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT. WE DO NOT (NOT) PLAN
TO HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE.
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