TNAG-0841-FCO40-1050-Visit-of-Sir-Murray-MacLehose--Governor-of-Hong-Kong--to-Chi-1979 — Page 72

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FM PEKING 113729Z APR 79

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELNO 32 OF 11 APR

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INFO IMMEDIATE FCO (FOR SAMUEL, FED)

HACK COLD

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY RO. 51 1 1 APR 1979

FOR POLITICAL ADVISER FROM GEORGE

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1. YOUR PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE ALL CONSISTENT WITH MY MANUSCRIPT RECORD. IN THE CASE OF (1) SOMETHING HAS IN FACT DROPPED OUT. MY RECORD OF HUANG HUA'S REPLY WAS: HUANG HUA SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THE FEARS AND ANXIETIES MENTIONED BY THE GOVERNOR WERE EXAGGER~ ATED. CHINA PROCEDED FROM THE CONSIDERATION THAT OFFICIAL REP- RESENTATION IN HONG KONG WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE RESOLUTION OF PROBLEMS WHICH CROPPED UP AND TO ANGLO-CHINESE RELATIONS. DIS- CUSSION ON THIS POINT COULD BE RESUMED LATER.

2. YOUR TELEGRAM ARRIVED AFTER A COPY OF THE RECORDS HAD BEEN DESPATCHED TO RICHARD SAMUEL. I SUGGEST THAT HE INSERTS THE ABOVE AT THE END OF PARA 5 OF THE HUANG HUA RECORD, AND MAKES THE OTHER MINOR AMENDMENTS WHICH YOU PROPOSE. WE CAN THEN CON- SIDER THE RECORDS AS AUTHORITATIVE.

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