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TELNO 503
OF 201007Z FEBRUARY 92
INFO PRIORITY UKREP JLG HONG KONG, PEKING
PERSONAL FOR RICKETTS HKD FROM GOVERNOR
(4
YRTELNO 260: CALL ON THE SECRETARY OF STATE BY SIR ADRIAN SWIRE.
1. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT IN TUR.
2. SIR ADRIAN SWIRE CAME TO HAVE A WORD SHORTLY BEFORE RETURNING
TO THE UK. HE MENTIONED TO ME THEN THE POSSIBILITY OF A LARGER CHINESE INVESTMENT IN CATHAY PACIFIC, IN MUCH THE SAME TERMS AS IN TUR.
3. AS WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE, SIR ADRIAN SWIRE EMPHASISED STRONGLY TO ME THE SENSITIVITY OF THIS INFORMATION. FOR THIS REASON, NEITHER THE NOTE OF MY MEETING WITH HIM NOR YOUR TELEGRAM IS BEING CIRCULATED HERE MORE WIDELY.
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