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MDLIAN 4320
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FM PEKING
TO ROUTINE FCO
TELNO 685
OF 190831Z MAY 93
20 MA. 1993
DESI
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
PERSONAL FOR MORRIS, HKD
TOP COPY
Q DIST?
143
FCO TELNO 456 TO HONG KONG AND HONG KONG TELNO 774: HMOCS
1. WHATEVER MINISTERS ULTIMATELY DECIDE TO DO ABOUT HONG KONG HMOCS, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE CHINESE WILL BE AWKWARD. FROM THIS POINT OF VIEW THE MORE WE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT THE ARRANGEMENTS ARE IDENTICAL TO THOSE MADE IN OTHER TERRITORIES, (EXCEPT OF COURSE THAT THE SCHEME WILL NOT BE HONG KONG-FUNDED) THE EASIER IT WILL BE TO RESIST THEIR MEDDLING: WE CAN THEN ARGUE THAT OUR HANDS ARE TIED
BY PAST PRACTICE AND PROMISES. BUT THIS ARGUMENT WOULD CARRY LITTLE WEIGHT IF THE HMOCS ASSOCIATION WERE LOUDLY CAMPAIGNING
AGAINST THE PROPOSED ARRANGEMENTS AS A BREACH OF FAITH ETC.
MCLEAN
YYYY
MAIN
44
DISTRIBUTION
44
.HER MAJESTY'S OVERSEAS
.CIVIL SERVICE RESTRICTED HKD
LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS
FED
NEWS D
RAD//MR WYE
RMD
RFD
OVERSEA PENSIONS/ODA//MR FISH PS
PS/MR GOODLAD
PS/PUS
SIR J COLES
MR HUM
MR KERBY
MR MUIR
NNNN
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