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FM HONG KONG 07045OZ DEC 84
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 3729 OF 7 DECEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
HKK 040/57
ISTRY
07 DEC 1994
DESK OFFICER
INLEX
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YOUR TELNO 2443: SIGNATURE CEREMONY: ATTENDANCE OF OBSERVERS.
1. I AM APPROACHING THE UNOFFICIALS NAMED IN TEL UNDER REF TO WHOM THE GOVERNOR HAS NOT ALREADY SPOKEN AND WILL TELEGRAPH THE OUTCOME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. OSWALD CHEUNG HAS ALREADY DECLINED AS HE WILL BE IN COURT.
2. 1 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 AND, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE HONG KONG BANK, IT WOULD SEEM ODD GIVEN THAT THE CHAIRMAN OF JARDINES, THE CHAIRMAN OF SWIRES AND THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE CHARTERED BANK SHOULD GO, EITHER VIA OUR LIST OR THE CHINESE LIST. I SHALL BE RECOMMENDING 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.
HADDON-CAVE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
COPIES TO:( VIA ADR) MR ROBERTS
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