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GRS- 300
SECRET
FUTURE EGRET
SECRET
FM HONG KONG 290825Z JUN 84
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1758 OF 29 JUNE
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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2 9 JUN 1984
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FUTURE EGRET : SECRETARY OF STATE'S PROPOSED VISIT TO CHINA
PERSONAL FOR CLIFT FROM GOVERNOR
YOUR TELNO 670
1. IF THE SECRETARY OF STATE DECIDES TO VISIT PEKING THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM HERE ABOUT THE DATES PROPOSED IN YOUR TUR. ON THIS OCCASION, HE SHOULD CERTAINLY VISIT HONG KONG ON HIS WAY TO PEKING AND RETURN VIA HONG KONG TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC STATEMENT NECESSARY.
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4. NONE OF YOUR TELEGRAMS MAKE ANY REFERENCE TO THE NEED TO FULFIL MINISTERS' ASSURANCE THAT EXCO WILL BE FULLY CONSCLTED ON ALL THESE MATTERS BEFORE ANY DECISIONS ARE MADE. I AM TELEGRAPHING SEPARATELY ON THIS POINT.
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SIR W HARDING
(REPEATED NO REQUESTED)
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SIR P CRADOCK
MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS.
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