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FM PEKING
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 131
OF 300343Z JANUARY 92
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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PERSONAL FOR RICKETTS, HKD
HONG KONG PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR
UKREP JLG PERSONAL FOR PAUL
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HONG KONG TELNO 235:
CONFIDENTIAL DIALOGUE ON FINANCIAL MATTERS:
NEXT MEETING WITH THE CHINESE
1.
APOLOGIES FOR THE DELAY. WE HAVE HAD SOME DIFFICULTY IN CONTACTING RELEVANT CHINESE OFFICIALS.
2. MINISTER HAS NOW CALLED ON CUI MINGTANG (DEPUTY DIRECTOR, HKMAO, MFA) AND ASKED HIM TO PASS ON THE PROPOSED DATES TO THE HKMO STATE COUNCIL. CUI UNDERTOOK TO SEEK AN EARLY REPLY. ASKED WHAT LEVEL OF REPRESENTATION WE HAD IN MIND, WE REPLIED THAT WE THOUGHT THE SAME LEVEL AS AT NOVEMBER TALKS. GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION THAT THIS IS CORRECT.
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DISTRIBUTION
31
HK CONFIDENTIAL FINANCIAL
(DIALOGUE)
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/ERD
HD/FED
HD/PUSD
HD/ECONOMIC ADVISERS
PS
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
PS/PUS
SIR J COLES
MR BURNS
ADDITIONAL
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