TNAG-1019-FCO40-1269-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-China-1981 — Page 26

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FM PEKING 200811Z AUG 81.

TO ROUTINE FCO

TELNO 538 OF 20 AUGUST 1981.,

REPEATED AS ROUTINE INFO TO HONG KONG.

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Taken

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YOUR TELNO 389: KMT ACTIVITIES IN HONG KONG.

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1. HONG KONG TELNO 275 ARRIVED AFTER I HAD SPOKEN TO GUO JIE AS INSTRUCTED IN TUR, TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY OF A CALL TO THE MEA ON ANOTHER MATTER.

2. GUO SAID HE WOULD REPORT TO HIS LEADERSHIP. HE HAD RAISED THE MATTER WITH US BECAUSE TAIWANESE ELEMENTS WERE TRYING TO SABOTAGE OUR GOOD BILATERAL RELATIONS. HE WAS GLAD TO HEAR THAT HONG KONG WOULD MONITOR CLOSELY'' (HK TELNO 737 TO YOU PARA 1(B)).

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3. I MADE THE POINT THAT NORMALLY HONG KONG MATTERS OF THIS KIND WERE BEST DEALT WITH ON THE NCNA PA NET, HE AGREED AND SAID THAT ONLY WHEN SUCH CONTACTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, DID THE MFA INVOLVE THE EMBASSY. THIS HAD BEEN ONE SUCH OCCASION. WAS GLAD THAT OUR ATTENTION HAD BEEN DRAWN TO THE PROBLEM.

ATKINSON

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MR DONALD

[THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED]

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HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

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