CONFIDENTIAL
нис
HUC 051/2
RECK
1 NOV 1993
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO ROUTINE HONG KONG
INDEX
ARY Lion Taken
TELNO 951
OF 10153OZ NOVEMBER
INFO ROUTINE WASHINGTON, PEKING
YOUR TELNO 1721: EXERCISE VULGATE
@
045141
MDLOAN 4731
TOP COPY Q DIST?
051/2.
1. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR NOTIFICATION OF THIS EXERCISE. WE WONDER WHETHER, WHEN IT IS MADE PUBLIC, THE PRESS MIGHT JUMP TO THE CONCLUSION GIVEN ITS TIMING, THAT IT IS RELATED TO THE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHINESE. THERE IS ALSO A RISK THAT THE CHINESE WILL SUSPECT THAT IT IS IN SOME WAY A PLOY DIRECTED AGAINST THEM. PUBLIC PRESENTATION WILL THEREFORE BE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT. YOU MAY WISH TO CONSIDER MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THE EXERCISE IS RELATED TO COUNTER-TERRORISM AND, IF TRUE, RELATES TO A HI-JACKING. AND COULD THERE BE AN ADVANTAGE IN TIPPING OFF NCNA INFORMALLY JUST BEFORE THE EXERCISE IS ANNOUNCED?
2. GIVEN ITS INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION, WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD FAX TO HKD A COPY OF THE EXERCISE SCENARIO.
HURD
YYYY
MAIN
71
.HK POLICY
HKD
SCD
NPDD
NAD
PUSD
FED
DISTRIBUTION
78
NEWS D
NTCD
PLANNERS
RAD
PS
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS//MISS BROOKS
PS/MR GOODLAD
SIR J COLES
MR HUM
ADDITIONAL
7
CAOFF//SIR R BRAITHWAITE (DIO)
CAOFF//MISS NEVILLE-JONES
CAOFF/ MR SIDSON.
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