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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1261 OF 10 JULY
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
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OUR TELNOS 1212 AND 1218 AND HONG KONG TELNOS 1836 AND 18399(138).
WRITTEN PQ'S AND QUESTION FOR ORAL REPLY IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
1.
2.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
IN REPLY TO THE WRITTEN PQ ABOUT WHETHER THE UNOFFICIALS
WERE EXPRESSING THE VIEW OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT (B OF OUR
TELNO 1212) AND TO THE ORAL QUESTION IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS, WE
HAVE OMITTED THE REFERENCES TO THE THREE PROPOSALS MADE BY
UMELCO. WE FEEL THAT IT WOULD NOT BE USEFUL TO REFER TO THEM IN
OUR REPLIES: ANY IMPLICATION, HOWEVER REMOTE, THAT WE WERE
SOMEHOW CONNECTED WITH THESE PROPOSALS WOULD NOT MAKE THEM ANY
MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THE CHINESE.
3.
IN REPLY TO BOTH QUESTIONS, WE WISH TO RETAIN THE WORDS
'THEIR UNDERSTANDING' BEFORE 'VIEWS AND ANXIETIES'. THIS
CORRESPONDS TO EARLIER REFERENCES IN PARLIAMENT BY THE SECRETARY
OF STATE TO THE ROLE PLAYED BY THE UNOFFICIALS.
4.
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THE REPLIES TO THE TWO QUESTIONS NOW READ AS FOLLOWS:-
TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
AFFAIRS IF, DURING THEIR RECENT VISIT TO HONG KONG, THE
UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TO PEKING
WERE EXPRESSING THE OFFICIAL VIEW OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ON
THE FUTURE OF THE COLONY.
REPLY BEGINS
DURING THEIR VISIT, THE DELEGATION OF UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE
EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS EXPLAINED TO CHINESE LEADERS
THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE VIEWS AND ANXIETIES OF THE PEOPLE OF
HONG KONG ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE TERRITORY. THEY WERE NOT
EXPRESSING NOR DID THEY CLAIM TO BE EXPRESSING THE OFFICIAL
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