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MDHOAN 7500
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 693
OF 171715Z MARCH 89
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, HKGO LONDON
18
YOUR TELNO 928 : BBC RELAY STATION IN TSANG TSUI
1.
TOP COPY Q DIST ?
WE TOO ARE MYSTIFIED BY THIS REPORT AND CAN SHED NO LIGHT
ON ITS ORIGIN.
2. WE UNDERSTAND TUSA HAS SPOKEN TO TSAO, AND TOLD HIM THAT THE BBC PROPOSED NOT TO BE DRAWN ON THIS SUBJECT, AND WOULD TAKE THE LINE THAT AS FAR AS THEY WERE CONCERNED, THE SITUATION UNDER WHICH THEY OPERATE IN HONG KONG HAS NOT CHANGED. WE ARE TAKING A
SIMILAR LINE.
3. YOUR PARA 5. THE ONLY REFERENCE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIND SO FAR IS CONTAINED IN BLUNT'S LETTER FROM PEKING OF 22 JANUARY 1987 TO SMITH, HKD COPIED TO PEIRCE, DPA. WE WILL SEE IF FURTHER RESEARCH REVEALS ANY MORE ON THIS, AND KEEP YOU INFORMED.
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.HK AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNERS
PUSD
PS
57
ADDITIONAL
HK AGREEMENT
10
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DISTRIBUTION
67
PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
PS/MR EGGAR
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR WATTS
MR MCLAREN
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