HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
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21 June, 1982
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As I informed you last week, I duly saw R.C. (Dick) Lee at dinner on Friday night at Cowley Street: Mark Schreiber was also present.
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On arrival at the house Dick handed to attached copy of the speech he had intended making at the Frankfurt Conference. The more important bits have already appeared in print in the Financial Times Supplement of today's date and I understand that Dick Clift (to whom I am copying this letter) has sent telegram to you on this matter. I repeat this little bit of history simply to record the fact that the more important parts of Dick Lee's speech have already been made public.
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After dinner, Dick Lee asked whether he could have a word with me and Mark Schreiber on He expressed his great disappointment that the Frankfurt Conference had been cancelled and said he considered it important that the burden of what he intended to say at Frankfurt should be broadcast widely and discussed in some depth. We asked Dick to expand on his proposals and, in particular, those concerning the position of
was of the Hong Kong Dollar which, as we stressed,
Dick Lee was anxious that we considerable importance. should understand that the ideas put forward were entirely his: he further said that:
He had spent some time formulating ideas but had discussed them occasionally with "the other side":
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R.J.T. McLaren,, Esq., CMG,
Political Adviser,
Government Secretariat,
Main Wing, Central Government Offices, Hong Kong.
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