CONFIDENTIAL
HKB 301/1
CONFIDENTIAL
RECEDED IN DEGISTRY
AUG 1993
FM HONG KONG
TO PRIORITY PEKING
CER
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REGISTRY Action Taken
OF 250715Z AUGUST 1993|
INFO PRIORITY FCO, UKREP LG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 1143 TO FCO: CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: PRESS REPORTS: 20 AUGUST.
WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO FIND OUT WHERE THE HK ECONOMIC TIMES GOT THEIR STORY FROM. IN GENERAL TERMS, HOWEVER, THIS NEWSPAPER IS ESTABLISHED AND RUN BY PERSONS WHO HAD CLOSE CONNECTIONS WITH THE CHINESE, AND HAS BEEN CONSISTENTLY CRITICAL OF OUR STAND ON CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES. IT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISING IF THEY GOT THEIR STORY FROM CHINESE SOURCES, ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO
PROOF OF THAT.
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SEPARATELY, WE HAVE DONE A SUMMARY AND A BRIEF ANALYSIS OF THE PRESS ''LEAKS'' ABOUT THE CONTENT OF THE TALKS SINCE MID-JULY. WE WILL SEND COPIES TO YOU (BY BAG ON 27 AUGUST) AND FCO (BY BAG ON 31 AUGUST) ADDRESSED TO MESSRS. COX AND RICKETTS RESPECTIVELY.
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