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FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 426
OF 201017Z MARCH 90
09 APR 1990
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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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102344
MDHIAN 2020
YOUR TELNO 586 TO HONG KONG.
CHINESE VISITS TO HONG KONG: SUPPORT FOR PADS.
WE AGREE THAT THE OFFER OF AN INVITATION TO THE GOVERNOR OF
GUANGDONG IS A SENSIBLE MOVE.
1.
2.
WE ALSO UNDERSTAND WHY MINISTERS HAVE SUGGESTED STIMULATING A SERIES OF MISSIONS TO CHINA BY MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO PUSH THIS SAME ISSUE. IN PRACTICE WE WONDER WHETHER INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSMEN OF SUFFICIENT CALIBRE TO
IMPRESS THE CHINESE LEADERSHIP WOULD BE PREPARED TO DEDICATE THEIR VALUABLE TIME PURELY TO PUTTING HONG KONG'S CASE ON PADS.
WE MIGHT DO BETTER TO ENCOURAGE PROMINENT BUSINESSMEN, PARTICULARLY THOSE BASED IN HONG KONG, TO RAISE THE PADS ISSUE IN THE COURSE OF THEIR NORMAL DEALINGS ON OTHER BUSINESS. OTHERWISE THERE IS A DANGER THAT THE CHINESE WOULD REGARD REPRESENTATIONS AS BEING
ORCHESTRATED AND THEREFORE TO BE DISCOUNTED.
DONALD
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DISTRIBUTION
60
ΜΑΙΝ
57
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
. (RESTRICTED)
LIMITED
HKD
HD/FED
RESEARCH D (FE)
PUSD
NEWS D
PS/MR MAUDE PS/LORD BRABAZON
MR GILLMORE
MR MCLAREN
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