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TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
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FOLLOWING FOR ACTING GOVERNOR FROM HUM, HKD
YOUR TELNO 2544 TO DAVID WILSON (WHO IS AWAY): EMILY LAU
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1.
IF EMILY LAU SPOKE IN THE TERMS USED BY LYDIA DUNN THIS
WAS A SERIOUS DISTORTION OF AN EXCHANGE WHICH TOOK PLACE WHILE
SHE WAS IN THE FCO.
2. STRICTLY FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION, THE EXCHANGE WAS WITH
MR RENTON DURING HER UNATTRIBUTABLE BRIEFING WITH HIM.
MS LAU VOLUNTEERED THAT SHE HAD BEEN SHOCKED
AT THE WAY EXCO HAD TREATED THE THREE LEGCO DEMANDS ON
NATIONALITY. SHE ASSERTED THAT IT WAS QUITE WRONG OF EXCO TO
ADVISE HMG THAT MEETING ANY TWO OF THE THREE DEMANDS WOULD BE
ENOUGH. MR RENTON SAID THAT EXCO HAD NEVER GIVEN SUCH ADVICE.
HE HIMSELF, AND SOME OTHER MPS, HAD CONCLUDED THAT PARLIAMENT WAS
UNLIKELY TO ACCEDE TO ALL THREE REQUESTS. ONE OR TWO INDIVIDUAL
MEMBERS OF EXCO MIGHT HAVE SHARED THAT VIEW (IE THAT PARLIAMENT
WOULD NOT ACCEDE TO ALL THREE REQUESTS). MR RENTON SAID NOTHING
WHATSOEVER TO SUGGEST THAT SOME EXCO MEMBERS HAD ADVISED LONDON
THAT IF TWO OF THE DEMANDS OVER NATIONALITY WERE CONCEDED THIS
WOULD BE ENOUGH AND THE SITUATION COULD BE CONTAINED.
3.
WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD PUT THE RECORD
HRK Olill
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26. AUG 1986
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