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In his letter of 11 July Mr Coles asks us to make arrangements for possible information, which may be communicated by a
Mr R Henning of Henning International on the future of Hong Kong to be sent securely from Sydney to London.
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2. In his minute of 13 July, Mr Brown has explained that Sydney has no cypher communications and that for absolute security
any message should be sent by in handling delicate material
cypher telegram from Canberra.
3. I am frankly rather surprised at the way this matter has
We have never heard of Mr Henning and been handled by No 10.
that the inference must be his contact with No 10 is a particularly private one. On the other hand Mr Coles has chosen to request
It would be the FCO to make the communications arrangements.
very helpful to the Department if we could ask No 10 about Mr Henning, and about the sort of information which he might be
If it really is relevant to the able to supply on Hong Kong. talks with the Chinese, we should need to take it into account in our assessments and recommendations.
It would also be helpful
if we could provide Canberra with more information about Mr Henning and his company.
We have none here, nor do we know
about the nature of his business interests in Macau, Hong Kong and China. I attach a draft telegram to Canberra which I hope cou be expanded after discussion with Mr Coles.
HKK 208/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
22 JUL. 2003
R D Clift
Hong Kong Department
DECK OFFICER
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