TNAG-1203-FCO40-1505-Policy-on-visas-and-entry-certificates-in-Hong-Kong-1982 — Page 261

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 100 OF 17 FEBRUARY

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-YOUR TELNO 146: MS VERTUCCI

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1. PARAGRAPH 3 OF TUR. FCO NEWS DEPARTMENT HAVE HAD ONLY ONE

PRESS ENQUIRY (THE OBSERVER) AND TOOK GENERAL LINE THAT MATTER

WAS ONE FOR HONG KONG GOVERNMENT. WE TOOK SAME LINE WITH WAITE, PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, WHO HAD BEEN LOBBIED HERE, BUT IN HIS CASE, IN ANSWER TO A SPECIFIC QUESTION, ALSO ADDED COMMENT IN PARAGRAPH 7 OF YOUR TELNO 72 IE, IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HER ACTIVITIES ON LOCAL HONG KONG ISSUES.

NEITHER WE NOR GOVERNMENT OFFICE HAVE REFERRED TO INVOLVEMENT

WITH POTENTIAL TROUBLEMAKERS.

2. IF ASKED, WE WOULD CONFIRM THAT MR PARRY AND OTHERS HAD ASKED

TO SEE LORD PRIVY SEAL BUT DECLINE TO COMMENT FURTHER, AS

INAPPROPRIATE PENDING THE MEETING.

3.

PARAGRAPH 6 OF TUR. WE WILL TELEGRAPH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

AFTER MEETING. TIME HAS NOT YET BEEN FIXED BUT WE ARE TRYING FOR

PM OF 18 FEBRUARY.

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