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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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30JAN 1987
HONG KONG TELNO 283 : DEFENCE AND PUBLIC ORDER
1 I AGREE (PARA 2 OF T U R) THAT THE TIME IS NOT PROPITIOUS FOR MILITARY TO MILITARY TALKS.
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2. IT WOULD BE VERY USEFUL IF, ON A CONTINGENCY BASIS, MY DA AND NA COULD BE GIVEN A BRIEFING, AT SUITABLY SENIOR LEVEL, ON THE BACKGROUND TO THE SITUATION. AS IT HAPPENS, MY DA, COLONEL LEES, HAS ALREADY SET ASIDE 6 MARCH FOR A GENERAL BRIEFING AT HQBF.
HE IS A FORMER COMMANDER OF A GURKHA BATTALION IN HONG KONG AND HAS SERVED FOR SEVEN YEARS IN THE TERRITORY. MY NA, COMMANDER FARR, WILL BE ATTENDING A CONFERENCE AT HMS TAMAR IN THE WEEK BEGINNING 6 MARCH AND WOULD BE VERY HAPPY, LATER DURING THAT WEEK, TO BE GIVEN A BRIEFING ON OUR PROPOSALS FOR THE NAVAL BASE. HE, TOO, HAS SERVED IN HONG KONG FOR SOME TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
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I AM REPORTING SEPERATELY ON MY CONVERSATION WITH ZHOUNAN.
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