TNAG-1253-FCO40-1586-Third-countries-and-the-future-of-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 26

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FM CANBERRA 110125Z AUG 93

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 398 OF 11 AUGUST

AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG PEKING

MR HAYDEN'S VISIT TO CHINA

MKK040/5

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY 1 AUG 1983

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1. PARSONS HAS ASKED ME TO CALL ON HIM AT 10.30 ON 15 AUGUST TO BE BRIEFED ON MR HAYDEN'S TALKS ON HONG KONG IN PEKING. SHALL NOT OF COURSE REVEAL MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE CONTENTS OF PEKING TELEGRAMS 777 AND 778.

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2. DO YOU WISH ME TO SPEAK ON THE LINES OF PARAGRAPH 2 OF HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 12 TO ME, OR OTHERWISE CHIDE PARSONS? AS SEEN FROM HERE, I AM NOT SURE HOW USEFUL A PURPOSE WOULD BE SERVED.

MASON

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FUTURE OF HONG KONG

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MR BURROWS

FD/PLANNING STAFF

MR MARTIN

ED/PUSD

PS

MR FLOWER

PS/LADY YOUNG

MR COLES

PS/MR LUCE

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SIR J BULLARD

MR GIFFARD

MR DONALD

MR WRIGHT

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