CONFIDENTIAL
ZCZC
CONFIDENTIAL
IMMEDIATE
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE TOKYO
TELNO
OF 051123Z OCT 92
AND TO IMMEDIATE WASHINGTON, CANBERRA, OTTAWA
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG, PEKING, UKREP JLG KONG KONG
HONG KONG: MESSAGES TO FOREIGN MINISTERS ON THE GOVERNOR'S
CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSALS
1.
When I saw Watanabe in New York on 22 September (UKMis New
York telno 3090) we had a good discussion of Hong Kong. I wish
now to brief him on the background to the Governor's
constitutional proposals and to bring him up-to-date on the
airport.
Please
2. MIFT contains the text of a message from me.
deliver this to Watanabe's office in the course of 6 October,
emphasising its strict confidentiality until the Governor makes
his speech on the afternoon of 7 October Hong Kong (070630Z)
time.
3.
Grateful if Washington, Ottawa and Canberra could deliver
the same text (with the alternative introductory paragraph
indicated in MIFT) as a message from me to Eagleburger/Senator
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