HKC026/8
Mr Burns
CONFIDENTIAL
2 S MAT 1991
FROM:
H LI Davies
Far Eastern Department
DATE:
13 May 1991
CC:
Mr Paul, HKD
1.
Your manuscript query on Hong Kong telno 1399. I think we MUST make a a distinction between Hong Kong and the United Kingdom on this. The Hong Kong Visa regime is for HKG not HMG.
We should not seek to overturn their preference.
And a visit by the Dalai Lama to Hong Kong would be seen as a direct provocation by the Chinese. If it were me, I could not advise Ministers to tell the Governor to allow him in, unless it was for a meeting agreed with the Chinese, which of course we advocate. Ministers would have to be robust in stating the position in answer to any Lord Ennals complaints.
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H LI Davies
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Mo Major
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