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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 2099
OF 16204OZ OCTOBER 89
INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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PERSONAL FOR ACTING GOVERNOR FROM PAUL, HKD
YOUR TELNO 3432 AND PEKING TELNO 1838: RELOCATION OF
HMS TAMAR TO STONECUTTERS
1. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT MINISTERS WERE SURPRISED TO SEE REPORTS .OF YOUR PRESS CONFERENCE OF 12 OCTOBER IN WHICH YOU SET OUT IN
SOME DETAIL THE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE OF HMS TAMAR, AND HAVE ASKED FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THE THINKING BEHIND THIS WE OURSELVES HAD NOT EXPECTED THIS EITHER: IT DID NOT SEEM TO REFLECT THE VERY LOW KEY APPROACH IN THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH
2. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
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