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FM HONG KONG 070852Z DEC 84

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 3735 OF 7 DECEMBER

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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MY TELNO 3729: SIGNATURE CEREMONY: ATTENDANCE OF OBSERVERS.

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**PARA 2. I INTEND TO RAISE WITH THE GOVERNOR ON HIS RETURN TOMORROW MORNING SANDBERG'S OMISSION FROM THE LIST. HE IS THE SENIOR EXPATRIATE UNOFFICIAL IN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. FURTHERMORE, IT WOULD SEEM ODD LOCALLY FOR THE CHAIRMAN OF JARDINES, THE CHAIRMAN OF SWIRES AND THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE CHARTERED BANK TO GO, EITHER VIA OUR LIST OR THE CHINESE LIST, AND FOR THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG BANK NOT TO. I SHALL BE RECOMMENDING, THEREFORE, TO THE GOVERNOR THAT SANDBERG SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF UNOFFICIALS WHICH WE PUT FORWARD OR ADDED TO THE LIST IN MY TELNO 3687. YOUR REACTION BEFORE THE WEEKEND WOULD BE HELPFUL.''

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