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FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE PEKING
TELNO 302
OF 07173OZ APRIL 89
INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 588: FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ENQUIRY
1.
WE HAVE PASSED HU CHUANZHONG'S REQUESTS TO THE CLERK OF THE COMMITTEE AND HAVE ENCOURAGED HIM TO BE AS FORTHCOMING AS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE SUGGESTED TO HIM THAT HE SHOULD REPLY THROUGH ZHANG YOUYUN, WITH WHOM HE HAS ALREADY BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT. 2.
WE HAVE SOME DOUBTS ABOUT THE WISDOM OF YOUR TAKING ON THE ROLE OF NORMAL CHANNEL OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE AND THE MFA, SINCE THIS MIGHT GIVE THE CHINESE A MISLEADING SIGNAL ABOUT THE NATURE OF HMG'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMITTEE.
3.
THE MINUTES OF THE FORMAL EVIDENCE WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. WE WILL FAX THEM TO YOU AND HONG KONG AS SOON AS THEY ARE AVAILABLE. THE CLERK WILL ENSURE THAT THE CHINESE EMBASSY HERE ALSO HAVE COPIES FOR ONWARD TRANSMISSION TO
PEKING.
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IN THE MEANTIME WE ARE FAXING TO YOU PROOF COPIES OF THE TRANSCRIPTS FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION ONLY. THE COMMITTEE CLERKS HAVE SPECIFICALLY ASKED US NOT TO MAKE PUBLIC USE OF THE UNCORRECTED TRANSCRIPTS. WHEN THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR MET THE COMMITTEE INFORMALLY ON 5 APRIL, THE COMMITTEE GAVE HIM A COPY OF THE TRANSCRIPT ON A PERSONAL BASIS BUT THEY DO NOT WANT US TO HAND OUT COPIES OF THE TRANSCRIPTS IN PEKING UNTIL THE PUBLISHED
VERSION IS AVAILABLE.
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