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TELEGRAM NUMBER 434 OF 26 AUGUST

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INFO HONG KONG PEKING KUALA LUMPUR

THE AUSTRALIANS AND HONG KONG

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1. PARSONS, DEPUTY SECRETARY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TOLD ME ON 26 AUGUST THAT THE MALAYSIANS HAD ASKED THE AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSION IN KUALA LUMPUR FOR BRIEFING ON MR HAYDEN'S DISCUSSIONS WITH THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG AND SUBSEQUENTLY IN PEKING. PARSONS SAID THAT THE HIGH COMMISSION HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO SAY BLUNTLY THAT THE DISCUSSIONS WERE CONFIDENTIAL, AND THAT IF THE MALAYSIANS WISHED TO BE INFORMED ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF THE TALKS BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND THE CHINESE THEN THEY MUST APPLY TO ONE OR THE OTHER.

MASON

(REPEATED AS REQUESTED).

FUTURE OF HONG KONG

LIMIMMED

ED/EKD

COPIES TO:

HD/FED

MR BURROWS

ED/PLANNING STAFF

MR MARTIN

HD/PUSD

SPD

PS

MR FLOWER

PS/LADY YOUNG

MR COLES

PS/MR LUCE

PS/PUS

SIR J BULLARD

MR GIFFARD

MR DONALD

MR WRIGENT

SIR I SINCLAIR LEGAL ADVISER

LEGAL ADVISERS ASSESSMENTS STAFF CABINET OFFICE

PUSD

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SIR A PARSONS 19

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MR WALKER, RESEARCH DEPT

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