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TO ROUTINE FCO TELNO 806 OF 23 AUGUST INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG. YOUR TELNO 536 TO HONG KONG: YOUTH CONFERENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT 1. THE DOCUMENTS WERE NOT IN THE BAG IN QUESTION. HOWEVER, IF ANYTHING NOK HAS TO SAY PROMPTS QUESTIONS, WE AND OUR POST IN TORONTO WILL TAKE THE LINE THAT HE IS IN NO WAY AN OFFICIAL DELEGATE, IS UNREPRESENTATIVE OF ANYBODY EXCEPT HIMSELF AND HAS NO CLAIM TO EXPERTISE IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENT, WHERE SUITABLE WE SHALL MAKE THE POINT THAT THE HONG KONG FEDERATION OF STUDENTS HAD DISSOCIATED ITSELF FROM MOK'S GROUP.

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WE DO NOT KNOW WHETHER MOK HAS SUBMITTED A REPORT. THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OF THE DOCUMENTATION OF THE CONFERENCE. WE THOUGHT IT UNWISE TO MAKE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE ORGANISERS AS, APART FROM OTHER CONSIDERATION, THIS WOULD HAVE LED. ALMOST CERTAINLY TO A REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE OVER NG'S VISA. HAYMAN

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RECOED IN REGISTRY No. 51

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