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DESKBY 190100Z

FM FCO 181650Z NOV 82

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 966 OF 18 NOVEMBER

INFO PEKING AND BANGKOK

YOUR TELNO 1333: LORD BELSTEAD'S VISIT

PA

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тор сору

1. WE AGREE TO PRESS RELEASE, SUBJECT TO FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS:

A. FIRST SENTENCE TO END ..... A MEETING IN BANGKOK IN MID-

DECEMBER OF HEADS OF UK MISSIONS IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA AND THE FAR EAST

B. THIRD SENTENCE TO END '..... SINCE BEING APPOINTED

EARLIER THIS YEAR AS MINISTER OF STATE AT THE FOREIGN

AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE, WHERE HIS RESPONSIBILITIES

INCLUDE HONG KONG.'

C. ADD TO THE END OF THE FOURTH SENTENCE

COMMUNITY LEADERS.'

2. YOUR PARAGRAPH 3 ALSO AGREED.

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3. UNLESS WE HEAR BY 19100OZ THAT YOU WISH TO MAKE ANY FURTHER

CHANGES, WE WILL MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT IN THESE TERMS AT 1230 PRESS

CONFERENCE.

PYM

DISTRIBUTION:

LIMITED

HKGD

FED

PCD

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PS/LORD BELSTEAD

PS/PUS

MR GIFFARD

MR DONALD

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