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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 2931
OF 0310OOZ AUGUST 87
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
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FOLLOWING PERSONAL FOR HUM, HKD FROM ACTING GOVERNOR YOUR TELNO 20881 LORD GLENARTHUR'S VIRSNIT: BRIEFING
SO FAR AS CAN BE JUDGED AT THIS STAGE, THE SUGGESTIONS TUR ARE VERY MUCH ON THE RIGHT LINES. IN HAVE HOWEVER THE FOLLOWING FURTHER
SUGGESTIONS:
(A) *MA ASSUME THAT, UNDER BRIEF NO. 4, YOU WILL INCLUDE APPROPRIATE REFERENCES TO THE WORK BEING DONE ON THE LONGER-TERM ISSUES RELATING
TO THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT.
(B) SIMILARLY, ASSUME THAT BRIEF NO. 5 WILL COVER ALL
TOPICAL JLG ISSUES INCLUDING, E.G. BOUNDARIES.
(C) BRIEF NO. 8 SHOULD INCLUDE MATERIAL ON THE RECENT PROBLEM OF
EX-CHINA VR'S.
(D) YOU MIGHT INCLUDE IN BRIEF NO. 9 OR 11 THE QUESTION OF
ASSURANCES TO CROWN SERVANTS.
(E) AS REGARDS BRIEFING FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE:
() # DOUBT ME THE JOINT FUNDING SCHEME WILL COME UP, BUT THERE
MIS NO HARM HAVING A SHORT DEFENSIVE BRIEF:
(h) AIR SERVICES AND AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT ARE SUBJECTS WHICH
MNGHT WELL COME UP:
(*UN) THE MINISTER MIGHT ALSO FIND IT USEFUL TO HAVE A BACKGROUND
NOTE ON THE MAKE-UP AND GENERAL APPROACH OF THE HONG KONG BASED
MEDHA. WE SHALL PREPARE THIS HERE. (NEARER THE TIME WE SHALL
PREPARE THE USUAL LIST OF LIKELY PRESS QUEST-KONS.)
(F) ON BACKGROUND BRIEFS:
(b) WE SHALL PREPARE A GENERAL ''MOOD'' REPORT:
(NN) YOU MIGHT LIKE TO CONSIDER TWO ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND BRIEFS,
ONE ON THE KOWLOON WALLED CHITY AND ANOTHER ON DEVELOPMENTS IN
MACAU (PART MCULARLY THE RECENT CHANGE OF GOVERNOR).
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