PP HONG KONG
GRS 168
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO 091630Z SEPT 83
TO PRIORITY PEKING
CONFIDENTIAL
TELEGRAM NUMBER 595 OF 9 SEPTEMBER
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG
52
YOUR TELNO 872: LORD RHODES
TOP
17017
HKK040/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
2 SEP 1983
12
OFFICER
ISTRY Action Taken
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1. NEITHER MR GOODLAD NOR MR RENTON WILL ACCOMPANY
LORD RHODES. MR LUCE HAS EXPLAINED TO
THEM WHY IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE FOR THEM TO DO SO AND THEY
HAVE WITHDRAWN. WE WERE UNABLE TO INFORM YOU OF THIS EARLIER
BECAUSE NEITHER MR GOODLAD NOR MR RENTON COULD INITIALLY BE
CONTACTED. THEY MAY BE REPLACED BY OTHER BACKBENCHERS BUT WE DO
NOT KNOW YET.
2. WE TOO HAD TAKEN ON BOARD THE NEED FOR CAREFUL BRIEFING FOR
LORD RHODES. MR LUCE HAS ALREADY SPOKEN TO HIM. CLIFT WILL PROVIDE BRIEFING
FOR HIM AND LADY LLEWELLYN-DAVIES ON 22 SEPTEMBER,
FOLLOWING WHICH THEY WILL CALL ON LADY YOUNG. WE
SHALL MAKE CLEAR TO LORD RHODES THE DANGER OF PROFFERING
'SOLUTIONS' TO THE HONG KONG PROBLEM, WHETHER PERSONAL OR
OTHERWISE (YOUR TELNO 788). WE SHALL LET YOU KNOW HOW HE REACTS.
3. WE LEAVE IT TO YOUR JUDGEMENT WHETHER TO REMIND THE CHINESE
THAT LORD RHODES DOES NOT REPEAT NOT REPRESENT HMG.
A
HOWE
DISTRIBUTION
LIMITED
HKD
FED
PS
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/MR LUCE
PS/MR WHITNEY
PS/PUS
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
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