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SECRET
FUTURE EGRET
FM HONG KONG 16072OZ AUG 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 2384 OF 16 AUGUST
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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HICKO4050
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16 AUG 1984
RUSTRY
Aglion Toten
JAL
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YOUR TELNO 1572: FUTURE EGRET: DRAFT OUTLINE OF WHITE PAPER.
1. I AM GENERALLY CONTENT WITH THE OUTLINE OF THE WHITE PAPER IN YOUR TEL UNDER REFERENCE. SOME CARE WILL BE NEEDED IN REFERRING TO CALLS IN HONG KONG FOR BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO OPEN TALKS WITH CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON THE FUTURE. IT WOULD BE MISLEADING IF THE IMPRESSION WERE CONVEYED THAT SUCH CALLS WERE THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT FACTOR IN PERSUADING HMG OF THE NEED TO RAISE THE MATTER WITH
THE CHINESE. ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SUCH CALLS (E.G. SIR S.Y. CHUNG'S
SPEECH AT THE SWEARING IN OF THE GOVERNOR ON MAY 19, 1982) HMG HAD
OPENED DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHINESE BEFORE THAT: AND IT WAS THE
COINCIDENCE OF THE PM'S VISIT WHICH PROVIDED THE IMPETUS.
YOUDE
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SIR W HARDING
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COPIES TO:- MR BURROWS MR FIFOOT
SIR P CRADOCK
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