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TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 706 OF 20 OCTOBER
AND TO HONG KONG
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INFO UKREP BRUSSELS
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
VISIT TO CHINA BY M. GASTON THORN PRESIDENT
OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION 1-6 NOVEMBER.
1.
M. THORN'S CABINET HAVE ASKED FOR BACKGROUND BRIEFING ON THE
FUTURE OF HONG KONG IN ADVANCE OF HIS VISIT TO CHINA AMONG
THOSE HE HAS APPARENTLY ASKED TO SEE ARE PREMIER ZHAO AND
FOREIGN MINISTER WU.
2.
WE WILL PROVIDE VIA UKREP A VERY GENERAL BRIEFING ON THE
SITUATION BUT WONDER WHETHER THERE WOULD BE ADVANTAGE IN ASKING
THORN IF HE WOULD CONSIDER MAKING ANY SPECIFIC POINTS TO THE
CHINESE EG ON HONG KONG'S KEY RELATIONSHIP WITH INTERNATIONAL
BODIES SUCH AS GATT, AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY GENERALLY.
3.
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS DESKBY 210900Z.
4. FOR HONG KONG WE UNDERSTAND THAT ON 6 NOVEMBER THORN WILL
STOP OVER PRIVATELY IN HONG KONG STAYING WITH THE LUXEMBOURG
CONSUL GENERAL AND THAT A REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE THROUGH
HKGO IN BRUSSELS TO CALL ONE GOVERNOR.
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SIR IAN SINCLAIR
MR BURROWS
ED/HKD
HD/FED
MR ROBERTS
HD/PLANNING STAFF
MR MARTIN
HD/PUSD
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PS/LADY YOUNG
MR FLOWER
PS/MR LUCE
MIR COLES
PS/PUS
SIR J BULLARD
MB GIFFARD
MR DONALD MR WRIGHT
SIR A PARSONS
LEGAL ADVISER
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ASSESSMENTS STAFF
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MR WALKER RESEARCH D OAB 2/82
MR GOODALL, CABINET OFFICE
SIR PHILIP MOORE, BUCKINGHAM PALACE
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