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041726
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TO DESKBY 19083OZ HONG KONG
TELNO 143
OF 190741Z MAY 91
AND TO DESKBY 19083OZ FCO
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
TOP COPY Q DIST?
FOLLOWING FROM BURNS
AIRPORT TALKS: DAY TWO: PRESS LINE
1.
-
I SAID TO JOURNALISTS TODAY:
THE TALKS HAD LASTED 5-1/2 HOURS
WE WOULD BE MEETING AGAIN TOMORROW
THE DISCUSSIONS HAD BEEN DETAILED AND SERIOUS
THE TWO SIDES HAD LISTENED WITH INTEREST TO EACH OTHERS VIEWS.
2.
UK COMMS: PLEASE ADVANCE IMMEDIATELY TO PS, PS/NO.10, PS/LORD CAITHNESS, PS/PUS, SIR J COLES, MR BURNS, HEAD FED, HKD, SIR P CRADOCK (NO.10) AND J P MCINTYRE, TREASURY.
COATES
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
88
PADS
DISTRIBUTION
96
LIMITED
HKD
ECONOMIC ADVISERS
ERD
RAD
PS
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD
PS/PUS
MR BAYNE
FED
JOINT DIRECTORATE
SIR J COLES
NEWS D
PLANNERS
PUSD
MR MILES
MR BURNS
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