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FM HONG KONG 09050OZ NOV 84

TO IMMEDIATE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 3425 OF 9 NOVEMBER

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

YOUR TELNO 2215. PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO PEKING AND HONG KONG.

WE DO NOT KNOW SOURCE OF CHUGANI'S REPORT. IT MAY HAVE BEEN SPECULATIVE. WE HAVE HAD NO RECENT ENQUIRIES HERE, ALTHOUGH SCMP-- THIS MORNING CARRIED A REPORT, QUOTING LONDON SOURCES, THAT THE PRIME MINISTER WOULD VISIT HONG KONG ON 21 AND 22 DECEMBER, AND COMMERCIAL RADIO THIS MORNING CARRIED A REPORT, ATTRIBUTED TO FCO SPOKESMAN, THAT THE PRIME MINISTER MIGHT BE IN HONG KONG AROUND 21 DECEMBER.

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HONG KONG AGREEMENT

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HD/HKD

HD/FED

HD/PLANNING STAFF

HD/PUSD

DEP HD/PUSD

RESEARCH DEPT (MR WALKER)

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PS/MR LUCE

PS/PUS

SIR W HARD ING

MR WILSON

SIR J FREELAND

COPIES TO:(VIA ADR)

MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT

MRS NOBLE PROTOCOL DEPT. MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR MARTIN, ASST STAFF CABINET

OFFICE

MR CARTLEDGE, CABINET OFFICE MR COLVIN, CABINET OFFICE

SIR P CRADOCK, NO 10 DOWNING ST

SIR P CRADOCK, ROOM K195

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