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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1764 OF 29 JUNE

INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, BRUSSELS, GENEVA, WASHINGTON AND CG NEW YORK.

FOR HONG KONG GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES.

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FUTURE OF HONG KONG: VISIT TO PEKING BY UMELCO MEMBERS.

1. THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF EXCO, SIR S.Y. CHUNG, ACCOMPANIED BY MISS LYDIA DUNN AND MR. Q.W. LEE, VISITED PEKING FROM 21 TO 24 JULY FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH MR. DENG XIAOPING, MR. JI PENGFEI (DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU OFFICE) AND OTHER SENIOR CHINESE OFFICIALS. YOU WILL ALSO HAVE SEEN ACCOUNTS OF THE MEETING WITH MR. DENG AND OF THE ATTEMPTS BY THE CHINESE LEADERS TO DETRACT FROM THE STATUS OF SIR S.Y. CHUNG AND HIS COLLEAGUES (OUR TELNOS 1680 AND 1716 REFER).

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2. IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH THE CHINESE HAVE CREATED, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT IS SEEN TO BE STANDING BY ITS UNOFFICIALS. YOU MAY SAY THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS PUBLICLY STATED THAT HE HAS FULL CONFIDENCE IN SIR S.Y. CHUNG, MISS DUNN AND MR. LEE. HE ADDED THAT THEY WERE CONSCIENTIOUS AND RESOLUTE PEOPLE WHO HAD THE INTERESTS OF HONG KONG VERY MUCH AT HEART AND THEIR VISIT TO PEKING HAD BEEN A VERY USEFUL ONE.

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