TNAG-1806-FCO40-2567-Chinese-interest-in-the-Hong-Kong-Civil-Service-1988 — Page 3

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FM HONG KONG

TO TELELETTER FCO

TELELETTER NFR

OF 17093OZ MARCH 88

INFO TELELETTER PEKING

FROM :

FOLLOWING

COPIED TO :

FOR :

CONFIDENTIAL

HKD 256/4

173613

MDTTAN 9838

RAJ BUNTEN, ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER C ELLIOT, HKD, FCO

S C RIORDAN, ESQ., BRITISH EMBASSY PEKING

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YOUR TELELETTER OF 9 MARCH AND RIORDAN'S TELELETTER OF 14 MARCH.

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COPY OF ENCLOSURE TO CLIFT'S LETTER OF 2 FEBRUARY FOLLOWS BY BAG

FOR PEKING. THE ENCLOSURE QUOTES A PRIVATE CITIZEN AS REFERRING TO

A SPEECH BY ZHAO ZIYANG. WE BELIEVE HE MEANS THE SPEECH ZHAO GAVE ON 25 OCTOBER 1987, OF COPY OF WHICH YOU MAY ALREADY HAVE (EXCLAM).

SIGNED R AJ BUNTEN

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