TNAG-1248-FCO40-1562-Press-reports-on-the-future-of-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 84

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FM PEKING 15050OZ JUL 83

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 684 OF 15 JULY

AND IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

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FLUENED IN MANO. $1 19 JUL 1983

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YOUR TELNO 643: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRESS COVERAGE

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1. PLEASE REFER TO OUR TELNO 677 FOR DETAILS OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID TO THE PRESS.

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2. THE REUTERS REPORT REFERRED TO IN YOUR TUR HAS BEEN REPRODUCED BY THE DAILY CHINESE DIGEST OF FOREIGN REPORTS BUT TALKS AMBIGUOUSLY OF QUOTE HONG KONG SOURCES CLOSE TO THE TALKS UNQUOTE. REUTERS PEKING HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THIS REFERS TO SOURCES IN HONG KONG,

3. IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT NOONE HERE SAID ANYTHING ALONG THESE LINES.

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