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CONFIDENTIAL

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CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG 210406Z DEC 84

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1463 OF 21 DECEMBER

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FROM AMBASSADOR

SIR S Y CHUNG HAS SUGGESTED TO THE PRIME MINISTER THAT IT WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED IN HONG KONG IF THE PEN WITH WHICH WHE SIGNED THE DRAFT DECLARATION TWO DAYS AGO COULD BE PRESERVED

IN SOME APPROPRIATE PLACE IN HONG KONG. THE PRIME MINISTER LIKES

THE IDEAS. I SHOULD THEREFORE DE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD ASK THE

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOR THE PEN, EXPLAINING THAT THE PRIME MINISTER HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN OBTAINING IT.

2. IF THE PEN WHICH THE PRIME MINISTER USED IS NOT IDENTIFIABLE, A PEN EXACTLY LIKE IT WOULD BE BETTER THAN NOTHING. BUT THE PEN ITSELF WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE FAR MORE SATISFACTORY THAN A SUBSTITUTE.

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