GRS 144.
CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 757
OF 040846Z MAY 87
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO PRIORITY BRUSSELS, UKREP BRUSSELS
Q DIST?
YOUR TELNO 1192 TO HONG KONG (NOT TO ALL) AND YOUR TELNO'S 116-121
TO BRUSSELS: HONG KONG AND THE CCC
1. PIGOTT TOOK ACTION WITH LIN ZHIYING ON 4 MAY, DEPLOYING THE SPEAKING NOTE IN LAST TUR AND HANDING OVER TEXTS OF TELNO'S 117 AND 118 TO BRUSSELS. PIGOTT ALSO ASKED FOR A COPY OF THE CHINESE SPEAKING NOTE, TO BE USED IN BRUSSELS, IN DUE COURSE, (PARA 2(C) OF HONG KONG TELNO 1593 (NOT TO ALL)).
2. LIN TOOK NOTE AND UNDERTOOK TO REPORT.
3. WANG WEIYANG, WHO WAS ALSO PRESENT EXPRESSED HIS DOUBTS THAT BOTH SIDES WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO PUT HONGKONG'S APPLICATION BEFORE THE CCC COUNCIL IN JUNE. IN RESPONSE, PIGOTT SAID THAT WE PROPOSED
DOING SO ONLY IF BOTH SIDES HAD MADE THE NECESSARY PROGRESS BY THEN
THROUGH THE DIPLOMTIC EXERCISE.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH D. (FE)
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COPIES TO:
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR. J. HEALD -
HMCE RM 236. KINGS BEAM HSE
PS/MR RENTON
MP. MCLAREN MR GILLMORE
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