TNAG-1252-FCO40-1585-Third-countries-and-the-future-of-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 83

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INFO PRIORITY PEKING (PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR), CANBERRA (PERSONAL

FOR HIGH COMMISSIONER)

PERSONAL FOR DONALD

CANBERRA TELNO 151 AND PEKING TELNO 278: CHINESE PREMIER'S VISIT

TO AUSTRALIA.

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1. I AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN TURS.

2. WHEN SENIOR OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON WERE BRIEFED IN ADVANCE OF THE SHULTZ VISIT TO CHINA SIR P CRADOCK AND I WERE AUTHORISED TO GIVE PARALLEL BRIEFINGS, THOUGH IN MORE GENERAL TERMS, TO THE U.S. AMBASSADOR IN PEKING AND THE UNITED STATES CONSUL GENERAL HERE. ONCE IT HAS BEEN DECIDED EXACTLY WHAT SHOULD BE SAID IN CANBERRA I WOULD SEE MERIT, SUBJECT TO PEKING'S VIEWS, IN YOUR GIVING US SIMILAR DISCRETION TO SPEAK TO THE AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR AND THE AUSTRALIAN COMMISSIONER. THEY WILL BOTH BE INFORMED OF, AND POSSIBLY CONSULTED ABOUT THE LINE TO BE TAKEN WITH ZHAO AND THEY WILL NO DOUBT HAVE ACCESS TO CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE REPORTS ON THE SUBJECT. THE COMMISSIONER HERE AND HIS STAFF HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN KEEPING US INFORMED OF DEVELOPMENTS WHICH MIGHT BE OF INTEREST AND I HOPE WE CAN TAKE HIM INTO OUR CONFIDENCE TO THE

LIMITED EXTENT ENVISAGED.

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MR WRIGHT

MR GIFFARD MR DONALD

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