TNAG-1258-FCO40-1591-Third-countries-and-the-future-of-Hong-Kong-1984 — Page 106

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SECRET

SECRET

FM HONG KONG 02051OZ DEC 83

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1860 OF 2 DECEMBER 1983

INFO PRIORITY PEKING AND TOKYO

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TOKYO TELNO 631 AND YOUR TELNO 444 TO TOKYO:

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HU YAOBANG'S VISIT TO JAPAN: HONG KONG

MIKK040/5

RECEIVED IN NC.

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INDEX

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1983

1. POLITICAL ADVISER ASKED THE JAPANESE CONSUL-GENERAL ABOUT THIS WHEN HE SAW HIM LAST NIGHT. FUJII SAID THAT THERE WAS ONLY A BRIEF MENTION OF HONG KONG IN THE TALKS BETWEEN HU AND. NAKASONE (ON THE LINES OF PARA 1 OF TOKYO TUR) BUT THAT IT HAD BEEN AGREED THAT THE FOREIGN MINISTERS SHOULD DISCUSS THE

MATTER IN MORE DETAIL.

2. ON THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN WU XUEQIAN AND ABE, FUJII SAID THAT WU HAD SPOKEN ABOUT CHINA'S PLANS IN TERMS SIMILAR TO THE PRESS ACCOUNTS OF JI PENGFEI'S LINE WITH RECENT HONG KONG VISITORS. FUJII HIMSELF HAD FOUND NOTHING NEW IN WU'S REMARKS. ABE APPARENTLY CONFINED HIMSELF TO EXPRESSING THE STRONG INTEREST OF THE JAPANESE IN HONG KONG AND THEIR HOPE THAT ARRANGEMENTS WOULD BE AGREED WHICH WOULD MAINTAIN STABILITY

AND PROSPERITY.

3. THE CONVERSATION WAS ON A SOCIAL OCCASION. WE WILL TELE- GRAPH FURTHER IF WE MANAGE TO OBTAIN A MORE DETAILED ACCOUNT.

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THIS TELEGRAMS

YOUDE

FUTURE OF HONG KONG

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COPIES TO: (VIA DISTR. ROOM)

BUCKINGHAM PALACE

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HD/FED

ED/PUSD

ED/PLANNING STAFF

D/HD/PUSD (MR FLOWER)

RESEARCH DEPT(MR WALKER)

LEGAL ADVISER (SIR LAN SINCLAIR)

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PS/LADY YOUNG

PS/R LUCE

PS/PUS

SIR J BULLARD

MR GIFFARD

MR DONALD MR WRIGHT

SECRET

PS/LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

PS/HOME SECRETARY

PS/CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER

PS/LORD PRIVY SEAL

PS/SECRETARY FOR TRADE AND

INDUSTRY

COPIES TO:

(VIA ADR)

NEWS DEPT

MR ROBERTS

MR BURROWS LEGAL ADVISERS MR COLES NO 10 DOWNING ST SIR A PARSONS

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CABINET OFFICE

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