TNAG-1155-FCO40-1435-Visits-by-Members-of-Parliament-(MPs)-to-Hong-Kong-1982 — Page 316

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FM F C 0 021425Z JUL 82

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 512 OF 2 JULY

AND TO IMMEDIATE TOKYO

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INFO PRIORITY PEKING

YOUR TLEGRAM 709 (NOT TO TOKYO) SELECT COMMITTEE ON DEFENCE

1. SO FAR AS WE ARE AWARE COMMITTEE IS NOT (NOT) VISITING CHINA. HOWEVER WE HAVE JUST LEARNT THAT FOUR MEMBERS (GILBERT, GEORGE, WALL AND MARSHALL, PLUS MRS MARSHALL) PROPOSE TO ACCEPT AN INVITATION FROM CHINESE INSTITUTE OF FOREIGN RELATIONS AND TO VISIT PEKING FROM 12-18 JULY.

2. GRATEFUL IF TOKYO WOULD CHECK POSITION WITH COMMITTEE AND INFORM HONG KONG/PEKING ACCORDINGLY OF TRAVEL PLANS

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