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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 138
TOP COPY Q DIST?
051500
MDHOAN 8964
OF 30150OZ JAN 92
HKA
177/1
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
3
4
YOUR TELNOS 206 AND 273 AND PEKING TELNO 132: INCURSION INTO
HONG KONG WATERS BY TWO HAINAN CLASS FRIGATES
1 WE AGREE THAT IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS
M
IN PEKING AND WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF PEKING WOULD DO SO. SHOULD SUBSEQUENT RESPONSES FROM THE CHINESE WARRANT IT, LORD CAITHNESS WOULD BE PREPARED TO CALL IN AMBASSADOR MA.
2.
THE SPECULATION THAT DENG XIAO PING MAY HAVE BEEN ON BOARD OR THAT THE INCURSION WAS RELATED TO HIS VISIT, IS BOTH INTERESTING AND POTENTIALLY WORRYING. IT INDICATES THAT THE
INCURSION AND THE LACK OF REGARD IT SHOWS FOR HONG KONG'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY COULD HAVE BEEN SANCTIONED AT THE HIGHEST POLITICAL LEVEL. IF YOUR ANALYSIS OF THE PICTURES OR DEBRIEFING OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED THROWS UP ANY FURTHER CLUES, WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW.
HURD
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
55
LIMITED
HKD
FED
PUSD
PS
ADDITIONAL
1
DISTRIBUTION
56
PS/LORD CAITHNESS PS/PUS
SIR J COLES
MR BURNS
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