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CONFIDENTIAL
ZCZC
CONFIDENTIAL
TELEGRAM
FM FCO
TO DESKBY 26010OZ PEKING
TELNO
OF 241758Z OCT 92
AND TO DESKBY 26010OZ HONG KONG
INFO IMMEDIATE UKREP JLG HONG KONG
DESKBY
: ELECTION COMMITTEE PUBLICATION OF
1
i
HONG KONG TELNO
MINISTERIAL
EXCHANGES
1. I HAVE DECIDED THAT, IN RESPONSE TO THE PRESSURE IN HONG KONG
FOR PUBLICATION OF THE MINISTERIAL MESSAGES REFERRED TO BY LU
PING AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE, WE SHOULD TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO
PUBLISH THE RELEVANT DOCUMENTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
2.
THE THREE DOCUMENTS ARE:
THE BRITISH PAPER IN FCO TELNO 98 TO PEKING OF 5 FEB 1990
THE CHINESE REPLY IN PEKING TELNO 191
MY MESSAGE TO QIAN IN FCO TELNO 119
WE HAVE ALSO CONSIDERED WHETHER TO PUBLISH THE TWO OTHER MESSAGES
REFERRED TO BY LU PING (MY MESSAGES OF 18 AND 30 JANUARY), BUT
HAVE CONCLUDED THAT AS THESE COVER A RANGE OF OTHER ISSUES, AND
DEAL ONLY BRIEFLY WITH THE ELECTION, COMMITTEE IN WAYS WHICH ARE
HKD
RICKETTS
NOT