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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1545 OF 18 OCTOBER
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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING INFO ROUTINE HK GOVT REPS WASHINGTON, CC NEW YORK, BRUSSELS,
UKMIS GENEVA
FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRESS COVERAGE.
1. THE TWO MAJOR STORIES IN ALL SECTIONS OF THE PRESS TODAY
WERE THE HONG KONG DOLLAR AND THE ALLEGED **NEW BRITISH IDEAS!*
TO BE TABLED AT THE NEXT ROUND OF TALKS N PEKING.
2. FURTHER COMMENT IN BOTH THE INDEPENDENT AND COMMUNIST PRESS
ON THE MEASURES TO STABILISE THE EXCHANGE RATE OF THE HONG KONG
DOLLAR CONTINUED ALONG FAMILIAR LINES (MY TELNO 1537).
3. ALL PAPERS (INCLUDING THE COMMUNIST WEN WER: PO AND TA KUNG
PAG) CARR-LED ACCOUNTS OF STORIES HY THE TIMES AND THE FINANCIAL
TIMES THAT SIR P. CRADOCK WOULD 25 DELIVERING A LETTER FROM THE
PRIME MINISTER REPRESENTING A NEW BRITISH INITIATIVE" AT THE
NEXT ROUND OF TALKS. THE REPORTS ALSO CARRIED COMMENT FROM
DOWNING STREET THAT THIS WAS PURE SPECULATION ON THE PART OF
THE PRESS. THE STORY HAS ATTRACTED LITTLE FURTHER COMMENT.
YOUDE
COPIES TO
SIR IAN SINCLAIR LEGAL ADVISER
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
MR BURROWS
EKD
MR ROBERTS
ED/PLANNING STAFF ERD/PUSD
MR MARTIS
PS
MR FLOWER
ME COLES
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/MR LUCIE
PS/PUS
SIR J BULLARD
MR GIFFARD
MR DONALD
MR WRIGEUN
SIR A PARSONS
LEGAL ADVISER
NEWS D
ASSESSMENTS STAFF
CABINET OFFICE
FUSD
NO 10 DOWNING STREET
NO 10 DOWNING STREET
MR WATKOR RESEARCH D OAB 2/82
MR GOODALL, CABINET OFFICE
SIR PHILIP MOORE, BUCKINGHAM PALACE
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