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FUTURE EGRET
DESKEY FCO 08110OZ
FM HONG KONG 08094OZ JAN 85
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELEGRAM NUMBER 59 OF 8 JANUARY
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
FOLLOWING FOR HUM, HONG KONG DEPARTMENT FROM GOVERNOR.
W
YOUR TELNO 34: FUTURE EGRET : HONG KONG BILL INTRODUCTION
1. BECAUSE OF THE PRESS OF DOMESTIC BUSINESS THE EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL DID NOT REACH THE SUBJECT OF THE HONG KONG BILL AND
NATIONALITY TODAY. IT WILL MEET ON WEDNESDAY 9 JANUARY TO CONSIDER
THESE AND RELATED ISSUES.
2. THANK YOU FOR THE FURTHER MATERIAL IN YOUR TELNO 31: WE ARE
GIVING PARAS 1 TO 3 TO MEMBERS AS SUGGESTED IN PARA 3 OF YOUR
TELNO 34.
3. I WILL TELL EXCO PROVISIONALLY OF THE PLAN TO BRIEF UMELCO ON 11 JANUARY BUT BY THE TIME MINISTERS HAVE CONSIDERED THESE MATTERS ON JANUARY 9 IT WILL ALREADY BE TOO LATED THAT DAY FOR US TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT ARRIVING A UMELCO MEETING. A TELEGRAM TO ARRIVE
HERE BY 100130Z WILL THEREFORE MEET THE PURPOSE.
YOUDE
LIMITED HD/HKD HD/FED MIR WILSON
SIR W HARDING
COPIES TO:-
SIR P CRADOCK
MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVISERS ME BURROWS
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