120
0330/22
Xx
HO/FO 005/22
торт
+170
HKGD
HKK
00 F C O
020/2
DESKBY 220900Z
GRS 100
CONFIDENTIAL
DESKBY 220900Z
No
7425/1 Rortu
FM HONG KONG 220352Z NOVEMBER 82
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1351 OF 22 NOVEMBER
NO DISTRIBUTION I
IMMEDIATE ADVANGER
See
HKK 020/2
1983
YOUR TELELETTER REF HKK 020/2: HONG KONG CHINESE IN ROYAL FLEET
AUXILIARY SERVICE
THE MOD PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED BY GSC AND THERE WAS GENERAL ACCEPTANCE OF THE FACT THAT THE REPLACEMENT OF THE CHINESE CREWS WAS INEVITABLE IN VIEW OF THEIR RELUCTANCE TO SERVE IN A WAR ZONE.
2. IT WAS THOUGHT UNLIKELY THAT THE PHASING-OUT WILL ATTRACT PUBLIC ATTENTION HERE. HOWEVER, IF IT DOES, OUR LINE WILL BE THAT IT IS PART OF A PROGRAMME WHICH STARTED BEFORE THE FALKLANDS CAMPAIGN AND IS ALSO CONNECTEDWITH THE REDUCTION IN THE SIZE OF THE ROYAL FLEET AUXILIARY.
YOUDE
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