SECRET
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 282
OF 221104Z FEBRUARY 93
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
SECRET
MMB 100/3
26 FEB 1993
(2)
004143
MDHIAN 0668
The Manis
23/2
Mr W24/2 le dis increase
FOR HUM AND AMBASSADOR FROM FINANCIAL SECRETARY
1. THE GOVERNOR TOLD LU PING DURING HIS OCTOBER VISIT TO PEKING THAT HE WOULD GIVE HIM ADVANCE WARNING OF ANY CHANGES IN THE RESERVES. WE PLAN TO GET A LETTER FROM HIM TO LU ON 1 MARCH, BEFORE BUDGET DAY ON 3 MARCH. WE ARE JUST FINALISING THE LETTER, AND WILL FAX YOU AND PEKING AN ADVANCE COPY IN CONFIDENCE. (THE BAG ONLY REACHES PEKING ON 1 MARCH, SO WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF THE AMBASSADOR COULD HAND OVER A COPY OF THE FAXED VERSION THAT DAY IF THE ORIGINAL IS NOT IMMEDIATELY TO HAND.) WE WOULD PREFER ONLY TO HAVE THIS ONE CHANNEL FOR THE INFORMATION. NOT ONLY IS IT SENSITIVE, BUT IT WOULD BE BEST IF LU PING HEARD THE NEWS DIRECT FROM THE GOVERNOR RATHER THAN INDIRECTLY FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE.
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ECONOMIC ADVISERS//
.MR BROADBENT
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD SIR J COLES MR HUM
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