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IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
CONFIDENTIAL
HONGAID
TO OO GOVERNOR HONG KONG
TELNO
HC 270
OF 9.2.83
CONFIDENTIAL TELEX
TO IMMEDIATE GOVERNOR HONG KONG
SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS (FOR MR MASEFIELD)
FROM COMMISSIONER, LONDON OFFICE
COPY TO MR DICK CLIFT (FCO, HKGD)
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1 FEB 1983
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AS STATED IN MY TELNO HK248 OF 7.2.83, ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER
HELEN YU AND HEAD OF LIAISON DIVISION VICTOR CHANN ATTENDED
THE CHINESE EMBASSY'S SECOND NEW YEAR RECEPTION
EVENING (8.2.83).
YESTERDAY
2.
AMBASSADOR KE HUA ADDRESSED GUESTS FOR SOME 25 MINUTES,
WITH ABOUT 20 ON HK AND CHINA, SUMMARIZED
AS FOLLOWS :
PURPOSES OF RECEPTION
(A) TO CELEBRATE NEW YEAR
(B) TO BID COMMUNITY CONTACTS FAREWELL BEFORE HIS POSTING TO
BEIJING
THANKS TO UK CHINESE
(A) FOR PATRIOTISM TO MOTHERLAND IN CHINA
(B)
FOR SUPPORT TO THE EMBASSY
(C) FOR FRIENDSHIP TO HIS WIFE AND HIM
NEED TO CORRECT "SING TAO" STORY,
7.2.83 RE HK
(A) TWO PRINCIPLES--
(I)
THE UNEQUAL TREATIES RESULTING FROM OPIUM WAR
ARE NOT TO BE TOLERATED AND THEREFORE CHINA'S
RETRIEVAL OF HK IN 1997 IS INEVITABLE (HE COMMENTED
THAT NO CHINA
OFFICIAL CAN BE EXPECTED TO BE
ANOTHER LI HONG ZHANG ).
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