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TELELETTER TO FCO

TELELETTER TO PEKING

GR 100

RESTRICTED

TELELETTER

Hilerave

Si

All PC in J apper додне

Mr. Doxald

with 10

tohar

A decisia to stop regarding

ни

in

any

tike as being in any way part

of the Butiil Empire, including. non-recognition of OBE's etc. Surprisip to me at least that the Communist press have gone on publishing details for as long as

they

have

•

W. Mom FMCD

FROM: R.P. MARGOLIS, DEPUTY POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG

REF: SCR 5/3571/81

FOR: W.MORRIS, ESQ., HKGD, FCO

R.N. PEIRCE, ESQ., HM EMBASSY, PEKING N.J. COX, ESQ., FED, FCO

$7

DATED 7 JANUARY 1933

AHR040/1.

1 8 JAN 1983

AFPLL

NEW YEAR'S HONOURS AND COMMUNIST PRESS

DESK OFFIC

INDEX

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MANY YEARS THE COMMUNIST PRESS IN HONG KONG HAVE FAILED TO PUBLISH DETAILS OF HONOURS AWARDED TO HONG KONG CITIZENS IN THE NEW YEAR'S HONOURS LIST. I UNDERSTAND THAT, ON ALL PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, THEY HAVE CARRIED THE SAME DETAILS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE INDEPENDENT PRESS.

2. THIS APPEARS TO BE A DELIBERATE ACT OF OMISSION. PERHAPS SURPRISINGLY IN THE CURRENT ATMOSPHERE HERE, NO INDEPENDENT COMMENTATORS HAVE PICKED THIS UP AND READ DEEP SIGNIFICANCE INTO IT. WE SHALL NOT ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO DO SO.

3. I AM COPYING TELEGRAPHICALLY TO PEKING. HKGD REGISTRY PLEASE PASS TO FED.

SIGNED R.P. MARGOLIS

NNNN