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INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
INFO PRIORITY BRUSSELS, UKREP BRUSSELS, UKDEL NATO
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MY TELNO 924 AND YOUR TELNO 846: MEETING BETWEEN WILSON AND KE
ZAISHUO: PRESS HANDLING
1.
THE REFORMULATION OF THE PRESS LINE IN THE LAST SENTENCE
OF PARA 3 OF YOUR TUR IS NOT VERY SATISFACTORY. IN VIEW OF CHINESE SENSITIVITY, HOWEVER, AND YOUR JUDGEMENT THAT IT IS THE MOST WE CAN EXTRACT FROM THEM WE WILL GO ALONG WITH IT. PLEASE THEREFORE INFORM THE MFA THAT WE ACCEPT KE'S MODIFIED LINE WHICH WE WILL USE IF ASKED ABOUT SEPARATE CONTACT BETWEEN OFFICIALS.
FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION, WE THINK THAT THE LINE IS TOO WEAK FOR IT TO BE WORTHWHILE PROMPTING A QUESTION AND WE WILL
THEREFORE USE IT ONLY IF GENUINELY ASKED.
2.
WE ASSUME THAT KE WILL NOT OBJECT TO CONFIRMING THAT THE
MEETING HAS TAKEN PLACE ONCE IT IS OVER. WE SHALL TAKE THIS UP
WITH HIM AT THE MEETING ITSELF.
3.
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HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
DEP HD/PUSD
HD/PUSD
RD (MR WALKER)
HKK 006/0
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
COPIES TO:- MR ROBERTS
NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT
LEGAL ADVISERS
MR WOOD
MR PEIRCE
LEGAL ADVISERS
ASSESSMENTS' STAFF
MR MALLABY CABINET OFFICE
29 MAY 1986
ASTHET
MR DRC CHRISTOPHER CABINET OFFICE SIR P CRADOCK NO 10 DOWNING STREET
A28.29/5
FFICE
PS
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING
SIR J FREELAND
MR WILSON MR CROWLEY
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