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FM PEKING
TO PRIORITY F C o
TELNO 815
OF 040644Z JUNE 90
HKD241/1
- § JUN 1990
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
738
YOUR TELNO 1061TO HONG KONG: BILL OF RIGHTS.
висть
Tel.
fa for ulb
1. PARA 2 OF TUR: WHILE WE AGREE THAT WE SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT, WE THINK THIS MIGHT MORE PRODUCTIVELY BE DONE IN PRIVATE RATHER THAN PUBLICLY (UNLESS PRESS COVERAGE ALONG THE LINES OF THAT GIVEN BY THE HONG KONG ECONOMIC TIMES CONTINUES OR IS INCREASED IN STRENGTH).
2. WE WOULD BE CONTENT TO RAISE THE MATTER WITH THE MFA AS SUGGESTED IN FIRST PARA 5 OF TUR. IF WE WERE TO DO SO, WE COULD AT THE SAME TIME PROPOSE THAT A MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES TO DISCUSS CHINA'S CONCERNS OVER THE BILL WOULD ALSO ALLOW US TO BRIEF THE CHINESE SIDE ON ANY AMENDMENTS WE INTEND
TO MAKE TO IT.
DONALD
YYYY
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 MCLAREN
MR BURNS
ADDITIONAL
3
MR WHOMERSLEY LEGAL ADVISERS MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS
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MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVISERS
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