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CONFIDENTIAL
FROM:
A R Paul
HKB 020/14
DATE:
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Mr Hamilton, PRU
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FILE (29
Hong Kong Department
6 June 1989
Private Secretary
PS/Lord Glenarthur
PS/Mr Eggar
PS/PUS
Mr Gillmore
Mr McLaren
Mr Millington, FED
Mr Burns, News Dept
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LORDS ORAL PQ: LORD WYATT: CHINA/HONG KONG
1. I submit a draft reply in answer to Lord Wyatt's oral PQ on
recent events in China and the implications for Hong Kong, for
answer on Thursday 8 June. I further submit a full set of
supplementaries.
2.
The
The question was tabled before the weekend's events in Peking. There will now clearly be much more interest in the question. draft reply is based upon the Secretary of State's and Lord
Glenarthur's planned statement to the House of Commons today.
3. Lord Wyatt's campaign to press for British Citizenship to be
granted to all Hong Kong British nationals has acquired fresh
momentum following the events in Peking.
Times is the latest in the series.
His article in today's
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A R Paul
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