CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG TELNO 465
OF 28173OZ FEBRUARY 90
HKD24L
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
- 9 MAR 1990
ECK OFFICER
REGISTRY
Action Taken
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KON
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MDHOAN 4141
1.
AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN FROM A GUARDIAN ARTICLE OF 27 FEBRUARY (A COPY OF WHICH IS BEING FAXED TO THE DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER), UK JOURNALISTS ARE PERSISTING WITH THE NOTION THAT EXCO'S REASON FOR REJECTING THE DRAFT BILL WAS THAT IT HAD BEEN (QUOTE WATERED DOWN IN DEFERENCE TO BEIJING'S SENSITIVITIES UNQUOTE) 2. IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD BRIEF UK CORRESPONDENTS ON THE BILL OF RIGHT, SO THAT WE CAN KNOCK THIS ON THE HEAD, PARTICULARLY, GIVEN THE LIKELIHOOD OF FURTHER PRESS ATTENTION WHEN THE BILL IS RESUBMITTED ON 6 MARCH
3. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS.
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