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FM FCO 141905Z SEPTEMBER 84
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1842 OF 14 SEPTEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
YOUR TELNO 2674: FUTURE OF HONG KONG: TEST OF ACCEPTABILITY 1. APOLOGIES FOR NOT HAVING REPLIED BEFORE TO YOUR TUR, WHICH
HAD ESCAPED ATTENTION HERE.
2. THE INTENTION HITHERTO HAS BEEN TO HAVE A PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE HERE IN THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER. THIS WOULD REQUIRE
PUBLICATION OF THE ASSESSMENT REPORT
A MINIMUM OF ONE WEEK BEFOREHAND.
THE TIMING YOU SUGGEST THEREFORE LOOKS TOO LATE.
2.
WE INTEND TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER WITH THE GOVERNOR DURING
HIS VISIT TO LONDON.
HOWE
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SIR P CRADOCK ROOM K 195
SIR P CRADOCK NO 10 D ST
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