UNCLASSIFIED
0 01
MDHIAN 7184
WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH THAT ADMINISTRATION.
6.
A HONG KONG JOURNALIST ASKED WHETHER CHINA WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE OUTCOME OF THE CABINET MEETING. THE SPOKESWOMAN REPLIED THAT IT WAS BRITAIN'S OWN BUSINESS TO HOLD WHATEVER MEETINGS IT LIKED. SHE HOPED THE TWO SIDES WOULD CARRY OUT THE TALKS ON THE BASIS OF THE THREE AGREED PRINCIPLES AND THAT THEY WOULD REACH A POSITIVE CONCLUSION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
MCLEAN
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
.HK POLICY
65
DISTRIBUTION
72
NTCD
HKD
PUSD
FED
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS
LEGAL ADVISERS//MR GILES
NEWS D
PLANNERS
RAD
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD
SIR J COLES MR HUM
ADDITIONAL
7
CAOFF//SIR R BRAITHWAITE (DIO)
CAOFF //MISS NEVILLE-JONES
CAOFF//MR SIBSON
PS NO 10.
NNN N
2
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