CONFIDENTIAL
48
123305
MDLIAN 2485
IER COPY O DIST?
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 770
OF 231055Z FEBRUARY 88
INFO ROUTINE PEKING
(AMENDED DISTRIBUTION/2,
HRB 0271,
VISIT TO HONG KONG BY SIR RICHARD EVANS
1. SIR R EVANS ATTENDED THE MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
THIS MORNING TO BRIEF MEMBERS ON DEVELOPMENTS IN CHINA AND ON
CHINESE PERCEPTIONS OF HONG KONG. THIS WAS HIS LAST OFFICIAL
VISIT TO HONG KONG BEFORE RETIREMENT.
2. I AM MOST GRATEFUL TO SIR R EVANS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO
COME TO HONG KONG BEFORE LEAVING PEKING. IT IS A GESTURE MUCH
APPRECIATED.
3. SIR S Y CHUNG, ON BEHALF OF THE UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF EXCO, PARTICULARLY ASKED THAT THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE STERLING WORK DONE BY THE AMBASSADOR DURING THE SINO-BRITISH NEGOTIATIONS ON
THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG AND SINCE SHOULD BE RECORDED IN THE
MINUTES.
WILSON
YYYY
DISTRIBUTION
50
ΜΑΙΝ
49
HONG KONG AGREEMENT RESTRICTED
LIMITED
HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH (FE)
PUSD
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR MCLAREN
MR GILLMORE
ADDITIONAL
1