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FM HONG KONG 210505Z OCT 83

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1565 OF 21 OCTOBER 1983

UNFO HMMEDIATE PEKING AND UKREP BRUSSELS

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2 OCT 1983

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-YOUR TELNO 706 TO PEKING: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: WAS IT TO CHINA

BY GASTON THORN, PRESIDENT OF THE EC.

1. WE SEE SOME ADVANTAGE MN ASKING THORN TO MAKE THE GENERAL POINT

THAT HONG KONG IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRADING COMMUNITY AND THAT ALL HTS TRADING PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE EC,

ATTACH IMPORTANT TO THE PRESERVATION OF THESE LINKS.

2. SHALL CONSULT THE GOVERNOR ABOUT THIS ON HIS RETURN.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM HIM WILL BE TELEGRAPHED SEPARATELY.

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HADDON-CAVE

FUTURE OF HONG KONG

COPIES TO

SIR IAN SINCLAIR LEGAL ADVISER

LIMITED

HD/HKD

MR BURROWS

HD/FED

MR ROBERTS

HD/PLANNING STAFF

MR MARTIEN

ED/PUSD

PS

PS/LADY YOUNG

MR FLOWER

PS/MR LUCE

MR COLES

PS/PUS

SIR J BULLARD

MR GIFFARD

MR DONALD

MR WRIGHT

LEGAL ADVISER

NEWS D

ASSESSMENTS STAFF

CABINET OFFICE

PUSD

NO 10 DOWNING STREET

SIR A PARSONS NO 10 DOWNING STREET

MR WALKER RESEARCH D OAB 2/82

MR GOODALL, CABINET OFFICE

SIR PHILIP MOORE, BUCKINGHAM PALACE

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