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FM HONG KONG 010740Z JUL 83

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 318 OF 1 JULY

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REGISTRY Action Taken

INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, FCO

FUTURE OF HONG KONG : PETITION BY PRO-KMT ORGANISATIONS. REPRESENTATIVES OF A LARGE NUMBER OF PRO-KMT ORGANISATIONS CALLED AT THE UMELCO OFFICES AND AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE ON 30 JUNE TO HAND IN A PETITION CALLING ON THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT TO MAKE EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN HONG KONG'S STATUS QUO IN THE NEGOTIATIONS ON HONG KONG'S FUTURE. THIS ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF THE RADIO AND TELEVISION, AND WAS WIDELY REPORTED IN THE ENGLISH AND CHINESE LANGUAGE PRESS ON 1 JULY. THE INCIDENTS WERE NOT (NOT) REPORTED IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS. IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES, WE HAVE LIMITED OURSELVES TO SAYING THAT A PETITION HAS BEEN RECEIVED. UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS OCCASION MENTIONED IN MY TELNO 311, THIS WAS NOT (NOT) IN ANY WAY A DEMONSTRATION. THERE WERE NO (NO) PLACARDS. ON THE EARLIER OCCASION THERE WAS ONE EDITORIAL IN THE COMMUNIST PRESS CRITICISING THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FOR ALLOWING SUCH A DEMONSTRATION TO

HAPPEN, BUT NO (NO) REPRESENTATIONS BY NCNA.

HADDON-CAVE

FUTURE OF HONG KONG

LIMITED

COPIES TO:

HD/HKD

HD/FED

MR BURROWS

HD/PLANNING STAFF

MR MARTIN

HD/PUSD

PS

MR FLOWER

PS/LADY YOUNG

MR COLES

PS/MR LUCE

PS/PUS

SIR J BULLARD

MR GIFFARD

MR DONALD

MR WRIGHT

SIR I SINCLAIR LEGAL ADVISER

LEGAL ADVISERS

ASSESSMENTS STAFF CABINET OFFICE

PUSD

NO 10 DOWNING ST

SIR A PARSONS

MR WALKER,

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RESEARCH DEPT (90995)

MR ROBERTS NEWS D

HKGO LONDON

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