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DD HONG KONG 140100Z

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FM FCO 13192OZ AUG 84

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

4KK04016

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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1605 OF 13 AUGUST 1984

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INFO PRIORITY PEKING (PERSONAL FOR AMBASSADOR)

FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR GOVERNOR FROM GALSWORTHY

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FCO TELNO 1524 : FUTURE OF HONG KONG: TEST OF ACCEPTABILITY

1. WE SHOULD HAVE CONFIRMED EARLIER THAT THE PRIME MINISTER

HAS APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF MR JUSTICE SIMON LI AND SIR

PATRICK NAIRNE AS MEMBERS OF THE MONITORING TEAM. SIR PATRICK

HAS BEEN APPROACHED AND I THINK THERE IS A GOOD PROSPECT THAT

HE WILL TAKE IT ON. HE WILL CALL ON MR LUCE ON 14 AUGUST AND

MAY CONFIRM HIS DECISION THEN. HE HAS ASKED TO CALL ON ME FIRST

AND PARTICULARLY ASKED IF I COULD TELL HIM WHAT SORT OF A PERSON

MR JUSTICE LI IS AND WHETHER HE WOULD GET ON WITH HIM. I DON'T

KNOW MR JUSTICE LI PERSONALLY AND ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL ME ABOUT

HIM BY 141200Z WOULD BE MOST WELCOME.

YOUNG

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PS/MR LUCE

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