TNAG-1754-FCO40-2474-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Parliamentary-debates-1988 — Page 241

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CHRIS POMERY: SIR GEOFFREY, WHEN HE WAS HERE LAST HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ENDORSE THE CURRENT DRAFT AS IT STANDS. YOU BE FEELING A SIMILAR POSITION?

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I MEAN IF SIR GEOFFREY LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, I MEAN IF SIR YOU COULDN'T BE GETTING IT FROM A FINER SOURCE.

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LEO DOBBS: I AM NOT SURE WHETHER THIS COMES WITHIN YOUR IT IS A QUESTION ABOUT LAOS. DOES THAT COME WITHIN YOUR...?

LORD GLENARTHUR: WELL, IT COMES INTO MY AREA - IF IT IS THE RIGHT TOPIC TO RAISE AT THIS PARTICULAR...

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WONDERING, WILL THE

LEO DOBBS: WELL, A QUICK QUESTION. I WAS BRITISH GOVERNMENT BE REOPENING AN EMBASSY THERE?

LORD GLENARTHUR: YOU KNOW I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ANSWER.

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MR MCLAREN: I CAN GIVE YOU AN ANSWER, MINISTER. THE ANSWER NO, WE WILL NOT. WE HAVE INDIRECT RELATIONS IN THE SENSE THAT COVER LAOS FROM BANGKOK, THE AMBASSADOR IN BANGKOK IS ALSO AMBASSADOR TO VIENTIANE. HE HAS A PERMANENT OFFICE THERE IN VIENTIANE, HE IS ABLE TO COVER LAOS QUITE SATISFACTORILY FROM BANGKOK AND THERE IS AT PRESENT NO PLAN TO CHANGE IT.

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