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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING TELNO 527
OF 13180OZ MAY 91
AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
FCO TELNO 523: DALAI LAMA:
1.
CHINESE DEMARCHE
IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, WE WOULD ON RECONSIDERATION PREFER YOU NOT (NOT) TO REVERT TO THE MFA. THERE IS NO GREAT ADVANTAGE IN RESTATING WHAT YOU SAID ON 30 APRIL, AND THE DISTINCT RISK THAT THE CHINESE WILL ASK FOR MORE (IE AN UNDERTAKING IN ADVANCE TO REFUSE A VISA WHICH WE DO NOT WISH TO GIVE). BETTER, INSTEAD, TO SIT ON OUR HANDS, AND ONLY REVERT IF THE MFA RAISE THE SUBJECT AGAIN.
HURD
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ΜΑΙΝ
61
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
.(RESTRICTED)
LIMITED
HKD
HD/FED
NEWS D
PLANNERS
DISTRIBUTION
65
PUSD
RAD
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD
SIR J COLES
MR BURNS
ADDITIONAL
MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS MISS BROOKS LEGAL ADVISERS
MR APPLEYARD CABINET OFFICE SIR P CRADOCK NO.10
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