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GR 220
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FM FCO 011304Z JUN 82
TO PRIORITY PEKING
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Hier
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INDEX
TELEGRAM NUMBER 227 OF 1 JUNE
AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG (PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR)
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PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR FROM DONALD
(281
نا 3 میارم
1286
309
YOUR TELNO 293 AND HONG KONG TELNOS 529 AND 543: FUTURE OF HONG
KONG
1. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND FOR THOSE OF THE GOVERNOR. IT WAS PARTICULARLY HELPFUL TO LEARN THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH HUAN'S REMARKS WERE MADE IE. NOT VOLUNTEERED SO MUCH AS
DRAWN OUT.
2. ON REFLECTION I FIND HUAN'S LINE RATHER LESS ALARMING THAN IT APPEARED AT FIRST. SEVERAL QUESTIONS REMAIN UNANSWERED AND SOME DETAILS ARE CERTAINLY PUZZLING. AS YOU HAVE INDICATED, HOWEVER, IT DOES BEGIN TO LOOK AS THOUGH IN CHINA'S EYES POLITICAL FACTORS MAY WELL CARRY MORE WEIGHT THAN ECONOMIC ONES.
3. I AGREE THAT WE DO NOT WANT THE CHINESE TO START AIRING THEIR VIEWS ON THE FUTURE WIDELY AND OPENLY. IT COULD BE DAMAGING FOR US ALL, NOT LEAST FOR CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG.
4.
I ALSO AGREE THAT YOU SHOULD INVITE HUAN TO DINNER AND TRY TO DRAW HIM OUT. BUT I DO NOT THINK YOU SHOULD REVEAL THAT YOU KNOW WHAT HE IS REPORTED AS SAYING IN AUSTRALIA. WE DO NOT WANT THE CHINESE TO CONCLUDE THAT WE ARE CONTENT TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE WITH THEM THROUGH THIRD PARTIES. IF THE MOMENT SEEMS RIGHT YOU COULD PUT ACROSS THE MESSAGE AT PARAGRAPH 3 ABOVE AND ASK HOW THE CHINESE SEE THE ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS.
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