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T/L PEKING

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CONFIDENTIAL

TELELETTER

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RECEIVED

TRY NO. 51

JESK

FROM: R.J.T. MCLAREN, POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG

FILE REF: SCR 1/1162/82

DATE: 26.5.82

FOLLOWING FOR: M.W. ATKINSON, ESQ., MBE, PEKING

COPIED TO :

FOK YING TUNG

P.B. THOMPSON, FED, FCO.

N/R

1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TELELETTER OF 24 MAY.

2. FOK YING TUNG IS BETTER KNOWN AS HENRY FOK. HE IS A PROPERTY

MAGNATE (PRESIDENT OF THE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG AMONG OTHER THINGS) AND HAS INTERESTS IN MACAU THROUGH HIS ASSOCIATION WITH STANLEY HO IN SHUN TAK ENTERPRISES

(MACAU FERRIES, GAMBLING, ETC). HE ALSO HAS CLOSE AND LONG STANDING CONNECTIONS WITH CHINA.

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3. FOK'S VISIT TO PEKING IS NO DOUBT PART OF THE CAMPAIGN MENTIONED IN OUR TEL NO 537. IN THE NATURE OF THINGS IT IS UNLIKELY THAT HE WILL GIVE ANYONE IN GOVERNMENT AN ACCOUNT OF HIS INTERVIEW WITH DENG BUT WE WILL OF COURSE REPORT ANYTHING

WE PICK UP.

SIGNED R.J.T. MCLAREN

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