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OO HONG KONG DESKBY 050200Z

GRS 141

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DESKBY 0502002

FM FCO 041400 JUNE 81

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 506 OF 4 JUNE

AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

PQ: HONG KONG FUTURE

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AGO HOL

HKK 04011

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ENVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51

08 JUN1981

INDEX

No

REGISTRY Action Taken

1. MR KEITH STAINTON HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING PQ FOR WRITTEN

REPLY:

'TO ASK THE LORD PRIVY SEAL, IN VIEW OF THE EXPORT CREDIT GUARAN-

TEE DEPARTMENT'S EXPORT CREDIT FACILITY TO CASTLE PEAK POWER

STATION SCHEDULED TO MATURE IN 2002 AND THE POSSIBILITY OF

FUTURE EXPORT CREDITS OF THIS KIND, IF HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT

ON THE FUTURE OF THE LEASE FROM CHINA OF THE NEW TERRITORIES,

HONG KONG DUE TO EXPIRE IN 1yy7'.

2. WE PROPOSE FOLLOWING DRAFT ANSWER:

'MAJOR PROJECTS, OF WHICH THIS IS BUT ONE EXAMPLE, ARE INDICATIVE

OF CONTINUED CONFIDENCE IN THE TERRITORY, WHICH IS MATCHED BY

THE STATED INTEREST OF THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN THE TERRITORY'S

CONTINUED PROSPERITY'.

5. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR AND PEKING'S COMMENTS DESKBY 05090OZ.

CARRINGTON

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HKGD

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