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FM HONG KONG 081045Z DEC 78

TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO.1407 OF 8 DECEMBER,

INFO IMMEDIATE: UKMIS GENEVA,

PRIORITY: WASHINGTON, KUALA LUMPUR, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

OFFICE LONDON,

INFO SAVING : PEKING, HANOI.

MY TELNO.1400 : INDO-CHINA REFUGEES, UNHCR CONSULTATIONS.

1. MIFT IS THE DRAFT HONG KONG STATEMENT (REFTEL PARA.10(A)).

GRATEFUL IF THE U.K DELEGATION WOULD ADD APPROPRIATE INTRODUCTORY COURTESIES AND EXPAND/ABRIDGE/AMEND AS APPROPRIATE IN THE LIGHT OF SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENTS/REMARKS BY OTHER DELEGATIONS. IF

DELEGATIONS MAKE INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS WE HOPE MUCH OF THIS

MATERIAL CAN DE INCORPORATED INTO THE U.K'S. HOWEVER, YOU MAY

FEEL SOME POINTS ARE BETTER MADE LATER AS THE DISCUSSIONS DEVELOP.

2. IF

IF IT IS APPROPRIATE (AS WE HOPE IT WILL BE) TO CIRCULATE A WRITTEN HONG KONG STATEMENT, WE SUGGEST THAT NOTES A TO E (TEXT

IN MY SECOND 1.F.T) BE INCLUDED.

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MR.BIRT, HOME OFFICE. MR.D.SMITH, ODM.

HONG KONG COVE OFFICE.