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YOUR TELNO 12: MR RENTON'S PRESS BRIEFING: QUESTIONS ON HONG KONG

1. THANK YOU FOR THIS HELPFUL GUIDANCE.

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MR RENTON WAS ASKED TWO QUESTIONS ON HONG KONG. ON RESTRICTIONS ON PRESS FREEDOM, HE USED VERBATIM THE LINNE YOU PROVIDED. ON

WHETHER THE UK WOULD TAKE MORE VIETNAMESE REFUGEES FROM HONG

KONG, HE SAWID THINS WAS A PROBLEM ON WHICH NO DECISION HAD BEEN

TAKEN, BUT WHICH WAS BEWING GAVEN ACTIVE AND SYMPATHETIC

CONSIDERATION. WE WELL UNDERSTOOD VIEWS IN HONG KONG, WHICH WOULD BE PROPERLY TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

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