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CONFIDENTIAL,
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 323 OF 29 APRIL,
YOUR TELNO 306: HEUNG YEE KUK VISIT.
1. MY LETTER OF 28 APRIL ENCLOSING A DRAFT RECORD OF THE KUK'S MEETING WITH LORD GOROHWY-ROBERTS ALSO CONTAINED AN ACCOUNT OF OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE KUK ABOUT PUBLICITY,
2. SINCE THAT LETTER WAS DRAFTED WE HAVE GAINED SOME MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT HAPPENED. ACCORDING TO CHEUNG YAN-LUNG,
LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS WAS UNDERSTOOD TO SAY:
(A) MR PARRY WAS WELCOME TO APPROACH THE FCO TO MAKE REPRESENTATIONS
ON BEHALF OF THE KUK:
(B) IF ANOTHER DELEGATION WERE TO COME TO LONDON THE MINISTER WOULD DE GLAD TO SEE THEM. HOWEVER THEY ALSO RECALLED THAT THE MINISTER STRESSED THAT THE DIALOGUE WITH THE KUK SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE CARRIED OUT WITH OR THROUGH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.
3. THE KUK'S QUOTATION OF WHAT THE MINISTER OF STATE SAID IS ROUGHLY ACCURATE. HOWEVER, NONE OF THE OFFICIALS WHO WERE THERE
· UNDERSTOOD THIS AS ANYTHING BUT A GENERALIZED INVITATION TO DELEGATIONS WHICH MIGHT BE SENT IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS.
4. CHEUNG YAN-LUNG HAS TOLD VICTOR CHAN THAT THE STORIES IN THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, PARTICULARLY THE REFERENCE TO QUOTE DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS ABOUT THE PROBLEMS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES WITH THE FOREIGN OFFICE IN WHITEHALL UNQUOTE WAS NOT WHAT THEY TOLD THE NEWSPAPERS. IT IS CERTAINLY NOT WHAT WAS AGREED BETWEEN STEWART, CHEUNG AND YEUNG AS A PRESS LINE.
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