CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM PEKING
TO FLASH HONG KONG
TELNO 149
OF 280433Z OCTOBER 92
INFO DESKBY 28090OZ FCO
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
Mis
a7/6
ps. Clas
Angle
176015
MDHIAN 5142
TOP COPY Q DIST?
110
FCO TELNO 857 TO ME AND MY TELNO 148 TO YOU: ELECTION COMMITTEE: PUBLICATION OF MINISTERIAL EXCHANGES
1.
WE HAVE NOW GIVEN THE INFORMATION IN FIRST TUR AND THE LIST OF DOCUMENTS TO THE HKMO STATE COUNCIL (WANG FENGCHAO) BY TELEPHONE. WANG CLAIMED THAT NONE OF HIS SUPERIORS WAS IN THE OFFICE. WE REITERATED THE NEED FOR A SPEEDY RESPONSE IF THE CHINESE SIDE WISHED TO REQUEST US NOT TO PUBLISH THE DOCUMENTS, MAKING THE POINT THAT WE HAD ASSUMED THERE WOULD BE NO OBJECTION FROM THE CHINESE SIDE SINCE THE PROPOSAL TO PUBLISH THE EXCHANGE HAD BEEN MADE BY LU PING IN THE FIRST PLACE. WANG MADE NO FURTHER COMMENT BUT SAID HE WOULD GIVE ANY RESPONSE BY TELEPHONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
MCLAREN
YYYY
MAIN
.HK POLICY
63
DISTRIBUTION
72
PLANNERS
HKD
PUSD
FED
LEGAL ADVISERS//MS BARRETT
.AND MS BROOKS
NEWS D
RAD
PS
PS/MR GOODLAD
SIR J COLES
MR APPLEYARD MR HUM
ADDITIONAL
9
CAOFF//SIR R BRAITHWAITE
CAOFF//MISS NEVILLE-JONES
CAOFF//MR SIBSON
PAGE
NNNN
CAOFF//MS D CORNER
CAOFF//MR CHARLTON
PS/PM
1
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