TGLAGC
Dr Wilson
CONFIDENTIAL
FROM:
W G Ehrman, HKD
DATE: 8 November 1985
122
EVENTS DURING YOUR ABSENCE
Mr Renton's visit to Hong Kong
1.
CC:
Mr Galsworthy o/r
HAK Owolis
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- 8 NOV 1985
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INDEX
PA
REGISTRY Acre Taken
The main event. You have copies of Mr Renton's minute to the
Secretary of State of 6 November and of MI Appleyard's reply of 7
November. Press coverage was summarised in Hong Kong telno 9 to
A
Jakarta (copy attached).
Vietnamese Refugees
2.
We have now assessed the initial response of third countries
and I have sumitted to you separately today.
Joint Liaison Group
3.
I have also separately submitted a draft Joint Liaison Group
We are working on speaking notes on
steering brief to you.
individual subjects.
Possibly encouraging signs on GATT (Hong Kong telnos 2442 and 2443 attached). Secretary of State spoke to Hu Dingyi on 30 October
(our telno 1691, attached).
B
4.
C
D
E
5.
F
attached.
TWO telegrams on practical arrangements and draft replies
Air Services
H
G 6.
More flack from the Governor (his telno 2419, attached) who
chose to read into our telno 1681 (attached) the suggestion that we
saw a real likelihood of Chinese acquiescence in the series of unscrambling exercises if we informed them of our intentions. Not
I J in fact what we said. Our telno 1736 and Peking telno 1600 in reply.
are attached.
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