SECRET
PAS
Mr Paul, Hong Kong Dept
O
HKC253
- 8 MAY 1989
TAY
Hong Kong: General Compensation Scheme
--The-Secretary of State has seen your submission of
28 April and Mr McLaren's and Lord Glenarthur's comments... He agrees. that a useful first step would be for
Mr McLaren: to speak to Sir Percy Cradock.. Subject to. that he thinks that it would be better for him to send. a.minute to: the Prime Minister rather than try to deal. orally with this unfamiliar-subject. The Secretary of
State thinks, it is important to press ahead with this quickly, especially in the light of the: raft
of other difficult Hong Kong issues that will be coming up over the next few months (your paragraph 5).
4 May. 1989
CC:
ES/Lord Glenarthur
PS/Mr Patter
Mr Gillmore
Mr. McLaren:
Mr. Crabbie, Finance Dept.
(R N Peirce)
May Ethot
Misa M
Haswin
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