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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON FOR GOVERNOR HK VISITING
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HONG KONG TELNOS 3467 AND 347%÷RELOCATION OF HMS TAMAR TO STONECUTTERS
1. AS NOTED IN PARA 3 OF SECOND TUR THE POINT THAT THE SITE OF ANY FUTURE CHINESE NAVAL BASE WOULD NOT BE PREJUDICED WAS NOT (NOT) DEPLOYED BY SIR D FORD. HOWEVER, THE HONG KONG STANDARD, SING PO AND THE EXPRESS CARRIED REPORTS ON 14 OCTOBER 1989 QUOTING SOURCES CLOSE TO THE BRITISH SIDE OF THE JLG THAT THE LOCATION OF ANY FUTURE CHINESE NAVAL BASE WAS NOT PREJUDICED BY THE REPROVISING OF
THE RN TO STONECUTTER'S.
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