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FROM L.M. DAVIES, SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, HONG KONG

FILE REFERENCE: CR 13/5701/75

4 JUNE 1982

FOLLOWING FOR R.D. CLIFT, ESQ., FCC

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER 026/2 CF 23 MAY. THE GOVERNOR THINKS

IT VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMITTEE SHOULD BE GIVEN A FULL CRAC BRIEFING BY THE FCO, AND AT AS HIGH A LEVEL AS POSSIBLE, BEFORE COMING HERE. THE OBJECT WOULD BE TO EXPLAIN THE POLITICAL SENSITIVITIES IN THE RUN UP TO THE PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT: THE REASONS WHY THERE ARE NO USEFUL PARALLELS TO BE DRAWN BETWEEN THE FALKLANDS AND HONG KONG SITUATIONS: AND AGAINST THAT BACK GROUND,

WHAT THE GARRISON IS FOR (AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT, WHAT IT IS NEXT WORD UNDERLINED NOT FOR).

2. HQBF HAVE BEEN ASKED BY ANDREWS, GF1 OR MOD, WHO IS CO-ORDINATING

THE FROGRAMME AT THEIR END WHETHER TAPING FACILITIES ARE AVAILABLE IN HONG KONG SINCE THE COMMITTEE MAY WISH TO TAKE EVIDENCE

HERE. APPARENTLY THIS WOULD CONSTITUTE QUOTE INFORMAL UNQUOTE EVIDENCE AND AS SUCH WOULD BE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTED AND PUBLISHED.

This was the Defence and External Affair subcomttee of the

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3. ON THE LAST OCCASION OF A VISIT BY THE SELECT COMMITTEE IN 1975, SEE THIRD REPORT DATED 11 MARCH 1976 HMSC 272, MOD OFFICIALS AND SERVING OFFICERS GAVE EVIDENCE AND NO ACTUAL EVIDENCE

WAS TAKEN IN HONG KONG. WE THINK THIS WOULD BE PREFERABLE ON THIS

CCCASION TOO. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO FIND OUT IF THIS IS HOW THE

COMMITTEE PROPOSES TO PROCEED?

4. THE COMMITTEE HAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE HONG KONG BRANCH OF THE CPA MIGHT INVITE THEM TO DINNER. IT HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE THE RELATIVELY SMALL BRANCH HERE TO OFFER HOSPITALITY ONLY TO MSITING PARLIAMENTARIANS, CLERKS, ETC. FROM COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES

OR TO FUNCTIONS HELD IN HONG KONG UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CPA. WE HAVE NEVER PROVIDED CPA HOSPITALITY FOR THE RELATIVELY LARGE NUMBER OF MPS FROM UK WHO COME

TO HONG KONG AND WE HOPE THEREFORE THAT THE SELECT COMMITTEE CAN BE PERSUADED NOT TO PURSUE THIS PROPOSAL. THE GOVERNOR IS CFFERING LUNCH AND CBF DINNER ON ONE DAY AND CS WOULD ALSO BE

READY TO HOST A DINNER IF THIS COULD BE FITTED IN.

SIGNED L.M. DAVIES.

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