TNAG-1097-FCO40-1347-Chinese-visa-office-in-Hong-Kong-1982 — Page 70

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GRS 135

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG 28085ØZ JULY 81

TO PRIORITY F C O

INFO PRIORITY PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 709 OF 28 JULY

56

PEKING TELNO 517 TO YOU: CHINESE VISA OFFICE.

TO

INDEX

HKCK 34.91

ملا

£10.8

19RI

$1

16G/STAY Action Take:

8607718

58

WE HAVE NOW RECEIVED SAVING COPY OF T UR TOGETHER WITH

TEXTS OF CHINESE DRAFT NOTES.

57

56

2. BEFORE COMMENTING SUBSTANTIVELY IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE

PEKING'S ASSESSMENT OF WHETHER THE CHINESE ARE (A) PROPOSING A FACE SAVING SOLUTION WHICH WOULD, IN EFFECT, SWEEP THE UNRESOLVED ISSUES UNDER THE CARPET SINE DIE OR (B) WOULD

CONTINUE TO PRESS HARD FOR THE EXTRA IMMUNITIES THEY WANT (AND WHICH CAN ONLY BE GRANTED BY LEGISLATION) AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE.

CATER

LIMITED HK & GD FED

MR DONALD

See (59

See

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THIS TELEGRAM WAS NOT ADVANCED

BV noted with (60

for 13/8

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