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FM HONG KONG

TO PRIORITY FCO

TELNO 2706

OF 20101OZ AUGUST 86

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FOLLOWING FOR LAYDEN, HKD, FROM APS/GOVERNOR.

YOUR TELNO 1763 : VISIT BY UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF EXCO TO LONDON.

WE ARE CONTENT WITH THE AMENDED TEXT PROPOSED.

2. AS POINTED OUT IN OUR TELNO 2645, THE MEDHA WILL LIKELY LINK THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE LONDON VISHT WITH THE FORTHCOMING VISIT TO

PEKING AND WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY SPECULATE THAT THERE IS SOME MAJOR DEVELOPMENT AFOOT CONCERNING TOPICS LIKE DAYA BAY AND THE FUTURE POLITICAL STRUCTURE. GRATEFUL OF THIS POINT COULD BE

BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE GOVERNOR.

AKERS-JONES

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HMLNAN 0773

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HKD.

HRK 006/5

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22 AUG 1986

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