TNAG-1268-FCO40-1617-China-s-economic-relationship-with-Hong-Kong-Shenzhen-econom-1983 — Page 123

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FM FCO 131125Z MAY 83

TO PRIORITY HONG KONG

TELEGRAM NUMBER 455 OF 13 MAY

INFO PEKING

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FOR DAVIES FROM CLIFT

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YOUR TELNOS 507 AND 606 : ECONOMIC VALUE OF HONG KONG TO CHINA

1. I AM SORRY WE HAVE NOT REPLIED SOONER BUT WE HAVE HAD TO

CONSIDER YOUR REQUEST CAREFULLY WITH ALL CONCERNED.

2. YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT GENERALLY THE BOWDLERISATION OF

JIC PAPERS PRESENTS SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES. HOWEVER, SINCE THIS

PARTICULAR PAPER CONTAINS SO MUCH FACTUAL STATISTICAL MATERIAL,

MUCH OF WHICH IS UNCLASSIFIED, THERE IS NO OBJECTION ON THIS

OCCASION TO YOUR DRAWING ON THE WHOLE PAPER IN ORAL BRIEFING OF

VISITORS AND THE UNOFFICIALS. ON A CONFIDENTIAL BASIS, WITH THE

FOLLOWING PROVISOS:

(A) YOU SHOULD NOT HAND OVER ANY KIND OF PAPER.

(B)

(C) YOU SHOULD AVOID ANY MENTION OF SOURCES WHERE THE VARIOUS

STATISTICS ARE CONCERNED, BY THEY IMF, ASSESSMENTS STAFF, MOD

OR CHINESE.

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