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FM PEKING 1207002 FEB 79

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 188 OF 12 FEBRUARY

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG.

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YOUR TELNO125 TO HONG KONG AND HONG KONG TELNO224:

GOVERNOR'S Visit.

1. THE LAST WEEK IN MARCH SHOULD BE FINE FROM MY POINT OF VIEW. 1 ASSUME HONG KONG WILL CONVEY THE MESSAGE THROUGH THEIR

OWN CHANNELS,

2. AS REGARDS IMMIGRATION, I AGREE WE NEED TO WAIT TO CHECK THE POSSIBLE EFFECT OF THE CHINESE NEW YEAR. IF HOWEVER THE FIGURES REMAIN BAD, I WOULD FAVOUR THE COURSE IN 4(B) OF HONG KONG TELEGRAM UNDER REFERENCE. AS I SEE IT, IT WOULD DETRACT FROM THE BENEFIT OF THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT IF HE CAME IMMEDIATELY AFTER IMPOSING

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PS/LORD GORONWY ROBERTS

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SIR A DUFF

MR CORTAZZI MR MURRAY

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MR RUSHFORD

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