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CONFIDENTIAL

DESKBY 26093OZ F C O

DESKBY 27010OZ PEKING

FM HONG KONG 260823Z NOV 83

TO IMMEDIATE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 3604 OF 26 NOVEMBER

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

HKK 0261

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

26 NOV 1984

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(147) MY TELNO 3538.

HONG KONG AGREEMENT: UMELCO VISIT TO LONDON.

1. MY IFT CONTAINS THE FULL TEXT OF A STATEMENT WHICH WILL BE

ISSUED BY UMELCO ON THURSDAY 29 NOVEMBER. SIR S Y CHUNG GAVE ME THIS

IN CONFIDENCE TODAY. HE ADDED THAT THE POINTS WHICH THE DELEGATION

WOULD WISH TO TAKE UP WITH MINISTERS WERE LARGELY THOSE WHICH AROSE

FROM THIS STATEMENT: AND IN PARTICULAR THEY WILL WANT TO DISCUSS

WHAT ASSURANCE MIGHT BE GIVEN TO THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG TO MEET THE

CONCERNS EXPRESSED IN IT. THESE ARE SPECIFIED PARTICULARLY IN THE

THIRD PARAGRAPH OF THE SECTION HEADED ACCEPTABILITY' AND IN THE SECOND PARAGRAPH OF THE SECTION HEADED THE NEXT TWELVE YEARS''.

1

YOUDE

HONG KONG AGREEMENT.

LIMITED

HD/HKD

HD/FED

HD/PLANNING STAFF

HD/PUSD

DEP HD/PUSD

RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER)

PS

PS/MR LUCE

PS/PUS

SIR W HARD ING

MR WILSON

SIR J FREELAND

COPIES TO:(VIA ADR)

MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT

MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET

OFFICE

MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE MR COLVIN, CABINET OFFICE

SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST SIR P CRADOCK, ROOM K195

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