TNAG-0369-FCO40-415-Visit-of-Edward-Heath--UK-Prime-Minister--to-Hong-Kong--12-1-1974 — Page 72

COSIDENTIAL

order to seek their agreement to more drastic measures

to clean the place up.

49. Line to Take (in public); The Prime Minister will

probably wish to confine himself to confirming that

the question was, or was not, discussed in Peking. With Members of ExCo/LegCo he may wish to give details

of what was discussed with the Chinese. If the subject

was not discussed, he may wish to say that we consider

it unwise to raise it with Peking until we have some

indication of a probable favourable response. The

Chinese might link the question with that of an

official Representative.

Meanwhile we think the policy

of unprovocatively nibbling at the problem is best.

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