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DESKBY PEKING 2101002
FROM FCO 19170OZ MAY 82
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (PERSONAL)
TELEGRAM NUMBER 381 OF 20 MAY
AND TO IMMEDIATE PEKING PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR)
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FOR HADDON-CAVE EROM DONALD
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YOUR TEL NOS 523 AND 524: FUTURE OF HONG KONG
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1. I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS REPORT. WE ARE NOT
SUBMITTING THESE TELEGRAMS UNTIL WE HAVE PERCY CRADOCK'S
VIEWS AND ANY ADDITIONAL POINTS BY THE GOVERNOR WHEN HE HAS
TIME TO FOCUS AFTER ARRIVAL. MEANWHILE OUR INITIAL COMMENTS
ARE AS FOLLOWS.
2.
WE AGREE THAT MANY OF HUAN'S POINTS TO THE AUSTRALIANS
ARE A LOGICAL EXTENSION OF AN EXTREME INTERPRETATION
OF DENG'S REMARKS TO MR HEATH. BUT THERE ARE
INCONSISTENCIES WHICH RAISE THE QUESTIONS:
A. WITH WHAT AUTHORITY WAS HUAN SPEAKING?
AS YOU SUGGEST
HE MAY HAVE BEEN GIVING A PERSONAL GLOSS ON OFFICIAL
BRIEFING.
B.
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HOW ACCURATE IS THE AUSTRALIAN REPORT, GIVEN THAT THE DFA ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH ALL THE NUANCES? IN THE
AUSTRALIAN LIST OF POINTS QUOTED IN YOUR TEL NO 524
THERE IS SOME FLAVOUR OF LEADING QUESTIONING AND A SERIES OF NON-SEQUITURS IN (E) (E.G. CHINA WOULD WANT TO SEE THE
INSTITUTIONS OF HONG KONG REMAIN BUT WOULD EXERCISE DIRECT
CONTROL OVER A NUMBER OF AREAS). I AGREE THAT (E) AS A WHOLE
GOES MUCH FURTHER THAN THE TAIWAN POINTS.
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C. WHY DID HUAN NOT TAKE THE SAME LINE WITH YOU AS WITH
THE AUSTRALIANS?
3.
WITH THESE PROVISOS, HUAN'S REMARKS (EVEN SET AGAINST
HIS CAUTIOUS LINE WITH YOU) ARE DISTURBING ESPECIALLY IN
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