CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 96
OF 0813OOZ JANUARY 90
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
HKB 012
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
24 JAN1990
DESK
INDEX
ER
RA
14
173432 MDHIAN 1578
YOUR TELNO 57 AND MY TELNO 76: SIR PERCY CRADOCK'S VISIT TO PEKING
FIRST TUR MENTIONS THAT THE SUNDAY CORRESPONDENT RAN ITS STORY ON THE CRADOCK MISSION (QUOTE) ACTING ON INFORMATION FROM HONG KONG (UNQUOTE). FOR THE RECORD YOU WILL WISH TO KNOW THAT SIMON LONG THE BBC CORRESPONDENT IN PEKING REFERRED ON RTHK THIS MORNING (8 JANUARY) TO IT BEING BASED ON A (QUOTE) HUNCH (UNQUOTE) HE HAD IN PEKING WHICH WAS THEN CONFIRMED BY DOWNING STREET. SIMON LONG IS ALSO OF COURSE THE SUNDAY CORRESPONDENT'S MAN IN PEKING, CO-AUTHOR OF YESTERDAY'S STORY.
WILSON
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
LIMITED
HKD
FED
NEWS D
PUSD
64
DISTRIBUTION
66
PS
PS/MR MAUDE PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR MCLAREN
ADDITIONAL
2
MR LIDDINGTON PS' OFFICE
MR FRASER PS' OFFICE
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