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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 110335Z DEC 84
TO FLASH PEKING
TELEGRAM NUMBER 1397 OF 11 DECEMBER
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HKK 040/57
PEGISTRY
INFO IMMEDIATE FCO AND TOKYO (PERSONAL FOR SIREE COPEC 1984
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FCO TELNO 1521 TO YOU AND YOUR TELNO 501 : PRIME MINTSTERS' VISIT
HONG KONG ATTENDANCE.
Jasen
Mr
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11/1
1. WE ARE CONTENT WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS IN TUR. OUR COMMENTS ON
INDIVIDUAL POINTS ARE:
(A) UMELCO: WE DO NOT THINK ANY GREAT HARM WOULD BE DONE IF THE
CHINESE WERE TO LEAK THE FACT THAT THEY HAD PROPOSED THE INCLUSION
OF T S LO AND OR IP IN THE UMELCO GROUP, GIVEN THAT THE NAMES WERE DISCUSSED AND AGREED WITH SIR S Y CHUNG, MR LOBO AND OTHER SENIOR
UNOFFICIALS PRESENT IN LONDON AT THE TIME WHEN A DECISION HAD TO
BE TAKEN.
(B) CIVIL SERVICE UNIONS: OUR REASONS FOR CONSIDERING IT INAPPROP-
RIATE FOR REPRESENTATIVES OF CIVIL SERVICE UNIONS TO BE INCLUDED WERE:
(1) WE HAD ALREADY NOMINATED TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TRADES
UNION MOVEMENT AS A WHOLE. THE CHINESE HAD INCLUDED TWO OTHER
UNIONISTS ON THEIR LISTS TO WHOM WE HAVE NOT OBJECTED (YANG GUANG
AND LI QIMING). TO ADD FOUR CIVIL SERVICE UNION REPRESENTATIVES
WOULD GIVE UNDUE WEIGHT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE UNIONS.
(11) IT IS DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY A SINGLE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
CIVIL SERVICE UNIONS. OF THE FOUR SELECTED BY THE CHINESE, TWO BELONG TO UNRECOGNISED UNIONS.
(111) WE THEREFORE THOUGHT IT BEST TO ALLOW THE CIVIL SERVICE TO
BE REPRESENTED BY THE OFFICILAS WHO WILL BE ATTENDING.
RELUCTANTLY, HOWEVER, WE AGREE THAT WE SHOULD ACCEPT THAT CIVIL
SERVICE UNION REPRESENTATIVES SHOULD BE PRESENT IF THE CHINESE
INSIST. BUT IF THEY DO, WE THINK THAT YOU COULD REASONABLY POINT
OUT THAT THE FOUR WHO THE CHINESE WISH TO INVITE ARE NOT FULLY
REPRESENTATIVE. WE SUGGEST THAT THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO INVITE ARE THE CHAIRMEN OF THE THREE MAIN CIVIL SERVICE UNIONS WHO
CONSTITUTE THE SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL. THESE ARE:
LIN GUANGYU (SENIOR NON EXPARIATE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION)
ON THE SECOND CHINESE LIST
GUO YUANHAN (CHINESE CIVIL SERVANTS ASSOCIATION)
ON THE FIRST CHINESE LIST
J LAMBOURNE (ASSOCIATION OF EXPATRIATE CIVIL SERVANTS ·
NOT ON EITHER CHINESE LIST.
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