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FM FCO 2214452 FEB 83

TO PRIORITY PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 107 OF 22 FEBRUARY

FOR AMBASSADOR FROM WRIGHT

YOUR TELNO 105: HONG KUNG: INTELLIGENCE ASPECTS .

1. YEEND IS SECRETARY TO THE AUSTRALIAN DEPARTMENT OF THE PRIME

MINISTER AND CABINET. SIR J MASON BRIEFED HIM ON 24 DECEMBER,

FOR HIS INFORMATION AND THAT OF HIS PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN

MINISTER, ON THE STATE OF PLAY AT THAT TIME.

THE JIC ASSESSMENT

WAS PASSED

IN THE

CONTEXT OF THAT ERIEFING IN VIEW OF THEIR NEED FOR ADVANCE

PLANNING.

2. I AM SORRY THAT THE CAVEATS LAID DOWN BY THE PRIME MINISTER

LEFT YOU UNCERTAIN OVER WHAT HAS TAKEN PLACE, BUT WE THINK IT

UNLIKELY THAT THE JIC PAPER WILL HAVE BEEN PASSED TO YOUR

AUSTRALIAN COLLEAGUE OR THAT THESE ASPECTS WILL REQUIRE DISCUSSION

IN PEKING.

ALAN DONALD IS WRITING SEPARATELY ABOUT THIS.

3.

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DISTRIBUTION

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D/ED PUSD

HD/H KAGD

HD/FED

MR WRIGHT

MR DONALD

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THIS IS A COPY

THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN RETAINED IN THE DEPARTMENT UNDER

SECTION 3 (4) OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT 1958

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