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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2252
OF 160838Z JULY 91
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
INFO ROUTINE PEKING
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17 JUL 1991
JESK OFFICER
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MY TELNO 2211: LORD CAITHNESS'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: MEETINGS WITH EXCO AND OMELCO.
1. I SPOKE TO LADY DUNN YESTERDAY (15 JULY) ABOUT LORD CAITHNESS'S MEETINGS WITH EXCO AND OMELCO DURING HIS VISIT NEXT WEEK. SHE WILL BE HOLDING AN INHOUSE MEETING ON 19 JULY AND WILL LET ME KNOW AFTER THAT WHAT SUBJECTS MEMBERS WISH TO RAISE. THE ONES THAT SHE EXPECTS TO COME UP ARE:
(A) VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS: THE PROBLEM IN ALL ITS ASPECTS.
(B) THE AIRPORT: PROBABLY IN A POSITIVE WAY, ALTHOUGH THERE MIGHT BE SOME COMMENT IN THE OMELCO MEETING ON HONG KONG HAVING BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE FINAL ROUND OF DISCUSSIONS.
(C) THE 1991 ELECTIONS: AND IN PARTICULAR HMG'S COMMITMENT TO PRESS THE CHINESE FOR MORE DEMOCRACY (AGAIN MORE LIKELY AT THE OMELCO MEETING).
(D) THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO HONG KONG AND CHINA.
(E) NATIONALITY: THE STATUS OF CHILDREN BORN IN HONG KONG TO BRITISH CITIZENS BEFORE THE BNA 1981 CAME INTO EFFECT (I.E. THE POINT ALREADY RAISED IN LEGCO BY DR. C.H. LEONG).
2. I WILL TELEGRAPH FURTHER ON 19 JULY WHEN I HAVE HEARD FURTHER FROM LADY DUNN.
3. ON 1(A), THE MINISTER SHOULD BE BRIEFED ON THE UK PROGRAMME OF RESETTLEMENT IN CASE THE SUBJECT COMES UP.
WILSON
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