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IMMEDIATE

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CONDBENTIAL

RECEIVED IN

REGISTRY NO. 51

-4 FEB1977

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TO IMMEDIATE F C O TELNO 77 OF 4 FEBRUARY, 1977

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG.

YOUR TELNO 80: PQS FROM MR ROBERT PARRY.

LAST REF.

NEXT

REF.

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1.

ON THE FIRST QUESTION I WOULD NOT (REPEAT NOT) RECOMMEND THAT THERE SHOULD BE ANY PUBLIC REFERENCE TO THE CHINESE DIMENSION

OF THE PROBLEM. TO MAKE SUCH A REFERENCE WOULD SIMPLY GIVE THE

RUSSIANS AND OTHERS A STICK WITH WHICH TO BEAT US.

2.

I SUGGEST THE REPLY MIGHT TAKE THE LINE THAT THE INTERESTS OF THE COUNTRIES CONCERNED IN HONG KONG ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO JUSTIFY

THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CONSULAR REPRESENTATION, IT WOULD ALSO BE INTERESTING (AND RELEVANT) TO KNOW WHETHER ANY FORMAL REQUEST FOR CONSULAR REPRESENTATION IN HONG KONG HAD IN FACT EVER BEEN RECEIVED FROM A WARSAW PACT COUNTRY.

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MR LIPSEY. PRIVATE OFFICE MR.S.T. KIDD

GOVERNMENT OFFICE. 6 GRAFTONSI

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