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Surton & State
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31 AUG 1989
Mr McLaren
P8Mr Maude
HKD 4006.
NC 12/9
FROM: R M Marsden
Hong Kong Department
DATE: 29 August 1989
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Private Secretary
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HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN IN SHANGHAI
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Mr Millington, FED
Mr Denne, Consular Dept
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more reportant than the welfare of the notourdens.
1. The Private Secretary at No 10 wrote on 9 August about the Prime
Minister's suggestion that we might make a joint demarche with the
Americans at Ambassadorial level in Peking, over the harassment of
two Hong Kong Chinese businessmen working for the US-owned company
Dow Chemicals because of the activities of their staff in support of the pro-democracy movement during the June disturbances. (Peking
telno 1473 ).
Recommendation
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2. I submit a draft reply.
Background
3. The Prime Minister's suggestion was recorded in Mr Gozney's minute of 7 August. Mr Paul submitted preliminary advice on 7
August endorsing Sir A Donald's recommendation that the Embassy should intervene, initally at desk level, with the MFA in Peking but
without coordinating action with the Americans. The Secretary of State concurred with this advice, but commented that we might wish
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