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FM HONG KONG 270848Z APR 84

TO ROUTINE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1141 OF 27 APRIL

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON, PEKING

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FUTURE OF HONG KONG: VISIT TO LONDON BY PRESSURE GROUP REPRESENTAT-

IVES AND URBAN COUNCILLORS.

1. A DELEGATION UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF DR K.L. DING AND COMPRISING

2 URBAN COUNCILLORS AND 4 OTHERS IS PLANNING TO VISIT LONDON

FROM 8-16 MAY IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A HEARING OF THEIR VIEWS ON THE

FUTURE AND TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF AN OPINION POLL THEY HAVE

CONDUCTED IN A NUMBER OF DISTRICTS. THEIR PROGRAMME IS BEING

ARRANGED BY MR ROBERT ARCHER OF THE CATHOLIC INSTITUTE OF INTER-

NATIONAL RELATIONS (01-35-0883).

2. SOME MEMBERS OF THIS DELEGATION HAVE RECENTLY BEEN IN PEKING

WHERE THEY PRESENTED THE RESULTS OF THEIR OPINION POLL AND HAD MEETINGS WITH JI PENGFEI, LI HAU AND LU PING. THE CHINESE USED

THE OCCASION TO DISCLOSE SOME OF THEIR THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE

(MY TELNO 1103 REFERS).

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3. THE DELEGATION HAS WRITTEN TO US ASKING FOR A MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE. WE DO NOT THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

BUT THERE IS A DIFFICULT BALANCE TO STRIKE. WORTHIER PEOPLE WOULD BE UPSET IF THIS GROUP WE'RE RECEIVED AT A HIGH LEVEL ON THE OTHER HAND SOME OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN GIVEN QUITE SIGNIFICANT ATTENTION IN PEKING. WE SUGGEST THAT THEY SHOULD BE SEEN AT SENIOR OFFICIAL LEVEL E.G. MR R.C. CLIFT THOUGH DR DING MAY FEEL OFFENDED IF HE IS NOT SEEN AT MINISTERIAL LEVEL.

4. THE DELEGATION WILL CONSIST OF DR K.L. DING (CHAIRMAN OF THE CHRISTIAN INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE) (LEADER), FUNG KIN-KEE AND LEE CHIT-YUET (ELECTED URBAN COUNCILLORS), FUNG WAI-KWANG (HK FEDERATION OF STUDENTS), FUNG HO-LAP (SOCIETY FOR COMMUNITY ORGANISATION) (SOCO), MA KWOK-MING (MEETING POINT) AND ANDREW TU (ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTION OF PUBLIC JUSTICE).

5. TO DATE THE DELEGATION HAS RELEASED ONLY PART OF THEIR OPINION

POLL FINDINGS. A COPY IS BEING SENT BY BAG.

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